Morning Lines

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MORNING LINES

I start again
at the break of day
to ascertain 
what I will say.
What dreams have taught
will have its way.
I cannot throw
night thoughts away.

The W3 prompt this week was to write a poem incorporating 2 or 3 lines of Leonard Cohen’s song, Anthem. The lines I chose are: “At the break of day”and “Start again.” My poem is above. Here are Cohen’s lyrics:

Anthem’ lyrics

The birds they sang
At the break of day
Start again
I heard them say
Don't dwell on what has passed away
Or what is yet to be

Ah, the wars they will be fought again
The holy dove, she will be caught again
Bought and sold, and bought again
The dove is never free

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in

To see the W3 Prompt go HERE.  To read more poems written to this prompt or to submit your own, go HERE.

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My blog, which started out to be about overcoming grief, quickly grew into a blog about celebrating life. I post daily: poems, photographs, essays or stories. I've lived in countries all around the globe but have finally come to rest in Mexico, where I've lived since 2001. My books may be found on Amazon in Kindle and print format, my art in local Ajijic galleries. Hope to see you at my blog.

17 thoughts on “Morning Lines”

  5. The Inkwell (Pankaj Kumar)'s avatarThe Inkwell (Pankaj Kumar)

    L͏ik͏e you, ͏I’v͏e oft͏en found th͏e morn͏ing to b͏e a canvas of poss͏ib͏il͏it͏i͏es. Th͏e dr͏eams of th͏e n͏ight, l͏ing͏er͏ing l͏ik͏e wh͏isp͏ers, ͏infus͏e my thoughts as ͏I b͏eg͏in an͏ew. ͏It’s as though th͏e dawn ͏inv͏it͏es us to cont͏inu͏e th͏e conv͏ersat͏ion b͏etw͏e͏en th͏e subconsc͏ious and th͏e consc͏ious, unrav͏el͏ing th͏e tap͏estry of our thoughts. ͏Each day, ͏I’m r͏em͏ind͏ed that our ͏exp͏er͏i͏enc͏es ar͏e a cont͏inuum, a journ͏ey wh͏er͏e n͏ight and day ar͏e ͏int͏ertw͏in͏ed thr͏eads, w͏eav͏ing a story un͏iqu͏ely our own. Your words b͏eaut͏ifully captur͏e th͏e ͏ess͏enc͏e of th͏is ongo͏ing d͏ialogu͏e. Beautifully penned.

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    1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

      I think even if I am not conscious of them, that they still influence my moods for the next day. I wake up thinking something over and over.. worrying about it, perhaps. Something I’ve tucked away that my subconscious decides I should deal with.

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