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“Sunrise”
Her best friend
wasn’t talking much
right now
it was still
technically
night
but the moon
that had hung
above them
for the last
six hours
was gone now
pointing out
a fact to
both of them
that their time
together
was nearing an
end,
in the morning
she takes off
to a college on
the east coast
as her best friend
is left to roam
the beaches on
the west coast
alone
neither one was
big on trust
their list of
friends
both contained
only one name,
she looks over
at her best friend
studying her face
one she had spent
the last four years
running the gauntlet
of high school with,
her friend knows
she’s staring at her
not wanting to turn
and look back
at her right now
afraid she might
start crying
so she continues
staring out at
the horizon
seeing the bright
glowing amber strip
across it
a prequel
to the arrival
of the sun
“Sun’s coming up”
is all she says
her first spoken
words
in over an hour
both girls reach
down
for their sunglasses
that they have
hanging around
their necks
and put them on,
her friend able
to turn towards
her now
hiding her eyes
from direct contact
with hers
behind the dark
lenses
of her cheap
sunglasses
her friend
gives her a weak
knowing smile
she gives her back
the same thing
both girls
looking into the
sunglasses of the other
give one another
a nod of
acknowledgement
then turn to
face
the oncoming sun,
they both just
quietly sit
and watch as
the sun slowly
takes to the
sky
and when the
sun
finally lifts it’s
last bits over
the horizon
and becomes whole
she says
to her friend
“It’s Beautiful”
her friend
just replies
“yea, it is”
then starts the car
and drives…
Tom Allen…06-12-2018…
Her best friend
wasn’t talking much
right now
it was still
technically
night
but the moon
that had hung
above them
for the last
six hours
was gone now
pointing out
a fact to
both of them
that their time
together
was nearing an
end,
in the morning
she takes off
to a college on
the east coast
as her best friend
is left to roam
the beaches on
the west coast
alone
neither one was
big on trust
their list of
friends
both contained
only one name,
she looks over
at her best friend
studying her face
one she had spent
the last four years
running the gauntlet
of high school with,
her friend knows
she’s staring at her
not wanting to turn
and look back
at her right now
afraid she might
start crying
so she continues
staring out at
the horizon
seeing the bright
glowing amber strip
across it
a prequel
to the arrival
of the sun
“Sun’s coming up”
is all she says
her first spoken
words
in over an hour
both girls reach
down
for their sunglasses
that they have
hanging around
their necks
and put them on,
her friend able
to turn towards
her now
hiding her eyes
from direct contact
with hers
behind the dark
lenses
of her cheap
sunglasses
her friend
gives her a weak
knowing smile
she gives her back
the same thing
both girls
looking into the
sunglasses of the other
give one another
a nod of
acknowledgement
then turn to
face
the oncoming sun,
they both just
quietly sit
and watch as
the sun slowly
takes to the
sky
and when the
sun
finally lifts it’s
last bits over
the horizon
and becomes whole
she says
to her friend
“It’s Beautiful”
her friend
just replies
“yea, it is”
then starts the car
and drives…
Tom Allen…06-12-2018…