A dawn arrives bearing message of heart And pleads with the sun to disperse the fog And engages the sky to paint its horizon In orange and pink with shades of crimson Not much time it has to say what it wants Before it must leave and pass the baton, Regret's written in the missive morn carries: Patient he must be to realize his dream Confused is he for the words don't match The celebration he sees in beaming skyline Evoked by the goodbye of parting aurora Encoding her passions on rising golden arc Meet him she will but not till the evening Not till the sunset elaborates her theme Painting on blue tapestry lavender imprints As she readies to decode what romance is June 7, 2019 HM: Strand choice R contest by Brian Strand