Sunrise in the Parking Lot

Sunrise in the Parking Lot

While my fat indoor cat hunts crickets,
I stand barefoot on the concrete.

A reluctant,
ruffled witness
to the world beginning
yet again.

Cotton batten clouds
stretched thin to gauze
Glow,

lit,
like
pastel promises.

There's something
worth being awake to today.

Previously published at https://shannoncoelho.substack.com/

–Shannon Coelho