Dawn

I rise early before the cocks crow .
I smile as I look out of the window.
The day is fine and the sky clear ;
Birds' twittering everywhere I hear.


I boil water to make a cup of tea
That's my morning brew , you see.
Then I clean the house and feed the chickens
and not forgetting the milk for mum's kittens .


A great view I have from the window
overlooking a large green meadow.
Each dawn , I run to its grassy buxom
Where many a flowers blossom.


The sunflowers are still droopy with sleep;
not yet from their flowery dreams peep .
Yesterday I saw no lilies among the bushes .
This morning they appear from hiding places .


From afar a bird calls
Then another answers
Together they circle the air
Wings flapping ; soaring with flair.


I breathe in the fresh fragrance .
All my senses in a deep trance .
I spy at my dream paradise ;
waiting to see glorious sunrise .


This is how I start my new day;
each day so happy and gay .
I'll be back here in the even song ;
When the shadows are deep and long.


Agatha Lai