Eight-line Poems

First Things

First Things

A cool morning beyond the window
opened to the late night air,
still dark but growing brighter
with the coming dawn.
A bird sings, jabbing insistent notes
into the silence waiting for the sun.
The sound fades as the world
gathers its thoughts for the morning.


Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 07.24.21
Prompt: Cool.