Early Morning Light – Poem by SR Inciardi

A quiet meditation on how hope stirs before the sun even rises.

Early Morning Light by SR Inciardi reflects on the stillness before dawn—where thoughts gather, hopes spark, and a new day dares to begin. Read it now on Written Tales. Submissions are open—share your own moment of quiet clarity.

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Before there is light there are smiles
filled with intent
aspiring thoughts
sober thoughts
of just what this day could be
then brightening light comes
radiating
to the trees and flowers
to bumble bees and butterflies
at work and smiling too
just us alone in this new morning light
under the common deepening-blue heavens
my older self     knowing what it sees now
not wanting to know anything
of what my younger self could not see
when intent to find what it was I’d imagined
then with so few thoughts of that younger time
in this older time
carried by the same light of that earlier time
but with each early morning
gone
so that what I’d seen in those earlier times
left without leaving a gift.
 
I don’t recall many smiles then
I don’t recall the early morning light
or if there were bees or flowers
though I am sure they were there
in that forgotten time
in the early morning light
when I was distracted and simply missed them.

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✍️ About the Authors

SR (Salvatore Richard) Inciardi was born in New York City and attended Brooklyn College and New York University. Since 2022, SR Inciardi's poetry has appeared in the USA and in Europe in various online and print magazines. He previously self-published three books of poetry from 2022 to 2024, all currently appearing on Amazon.

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