Sky and sea are one black,
the sky’s smooth
while the sea is wrinkled.
Soon the sky lightens
as a jagged gray crack
breaks along the foothills of East.
The crack widens
Stars blink out of sight
as night rolls up its heavy carpet.
Then as though a lamp was lit
beneath the horizon
the sky now a yellow gauze
glows brighter to a red
as red as a sunset.
The sea shimmers
in reflected radiance
at the exact moment
the sun opens the door to day.