Eye of the Day

Eye of the Day,
you have to admit
things could be better
from your vantage point.
Legs brush your face,
your beauty and grace
are admired by all,
when noticed.
You are hardiest
of your kind,
leaving your competitors
far, far behind but
even as your pale arms stretch
to embrace the morning,
(the dark memory of
hugging yourself
to sleep returns);
that’s just not right,
but it is the life
that chose us.
Draught tolerant,
you are,
but do you know the difference
anymore
between the sun
and the rain?
The pleasure
and the pain?
The loss
and the gain?

© Ray Cattie