Poem 2

The sun is calling me.
Splashing its rays of sunshine
Like a waterfall hitting the creek below it.
Another day has gone by and another one begins

My mind drifts away from temporary Death.
As my eyes adjust to the reality of a blurry room.
The rays of golden luster burn my eyes.
And I turn rhe blinds to shut out the sunshine,
From my eyes, from my life.

Oh glorious day!
But I see nothing glorious about it.
Why do you take away the happiness of my Night?
Why must I face the dawn,
When the dusk seems so much brighter?

The Night protects me with her darkness,
And tucks me in with the comfort
Of knowing that today has come to an end.
But you always come back!
Everything happens when you're around!

From Columbine, to the abduction and murder of Samantha Runion.
And who can forget the morning of
September 11, when our two great towers
Crashed onto the ground.
Innocent people should not have to die!

So why do you always come back?
Shining your rays of false hope.
When all you bring is Grief,
Destruction, Pain, and Death.
Why can't you just go away?

I shield you from my life
I view life through the darkness of my sunglasses;
Darkness is all I know.
The darkness through my glasses seem to comfort my heart
However, my vision is fuzzy today.
I see the evil, all of it
Which breeds through my darkness.
Maybe it is time to let go
Of the darkness that blocks my light,
Maybe it is time to stop hiding behind my glasses.
Let in the rays of sunshine
To dispel my dark hoovering cloud.
I remove my dingy glasses
Away from my eyes, to embrace the sun!
But the sun hides beneath the horizon.

Maybe the sun isn't ready,
To open itself up to me...
--Johnson Chang 09/12/02