A Path

The eastern horizon
where the morning star rises
before the light of our galaxy
blazes afore the dawn

A tiny point of light
heralds the blazing light
the light of the universe
intake of another breath

My path is clear
darkness behind me
centuries of brutality
give way to the light

Guiding me forward
into the light
my feet stepping forward
across this little planet

The dawn zephyr guides me
across this ground
under the growing light
of another day

Each day, each step
I find my way forward
rejecting the spite and fear
of our ancestors

The dawn star
the eastern horizon
rejecting the cold night of
fear

Embracing the ground beneath my feet
embraced by the wind that heralds a new day
bathing in the light of the universe
bathed in humanity’s best

The eastern horizon
guides me forward
on this small planet
to what we best embody