The New Day

Image photography by Angela McMullen
When the morning birch glows
in pearly appeal
and the grassy sandbar burns golden
in sunbeams,
and when blueness gaps
between the clouds,
know that the new day
is yours,
and only yours.
It is yours for dreaming
and yours for crying.
Yours for dancing And yours for loving.
It is yours for drawing And yours for storytelling.
It is yours for tearing apart
And yours for rebuilding.
It is yours for wedding
And yours for burying.
It is yours for sampling And yours for taking.
And when the blueness gaps
between the clouds, and when the birch whitens
against twilight purples,
and when the cove belches onto the sandbar's sand, The day is yours
and only yours.

Angela McMullen is a freelance writer who lives and writes in maritime Nova Scotia, where she is inspired by the rhythm of the Bay of Fundy tides, the pulse of long-standing forests, the expansive fields of the Annapolis Valley, the backdrop of North and South mountain ranges, and the distinction of the four seasons. www.forestwriting.com
Angela's most recent work is a slim book of poetry that captures the pure essence of nature and her unwavering resilience. Infused with undertones of Italian influence, this collection of poetry speaks for itself.
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