REBIRTH (a poem by Jide Badmus)

I break, bud of dawn,
thankful for light
—bird of day,
through shell
of night.

I break through 
a crowd of mist
into a room of clouds
—through blinds of lips,
a chaste smile.

I break, heart of egg
into yolk of gratitude
—grain of time, 
thankful for warmth, 
for incandescent rain.