Light Dawns

By Stephen Emmanuel Ogboh

Author’s friend Grace

Light Dawns

a smile is a beautiful thing.
blessed are families
who have a lot of them.

a merry heart is the best medicine
everyone needs more of them—
dad, mum, brother, sister, everyone.

silent waters run deep
& only the luckiest ones
find a river near them — and
the pearls and gemstones
she houses.

and we all love dawns —
my auntie says light dawns
with the answers to many
midnight prayers and that
to look at a dawn light
through a dewdrop on a
leaf makes you forget the
sorrows of the previous night.

we know that you know this and
we know that you have all the
beautiful colours of dawn in
your smiles and your heart.

keep smiling
keep shining.