I'm The Dawn

from The Shine by Anthony Oscar

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I’m The Dawn

Like a pawn of tomorrow
Like a gold-dusted frown
In the sights of a rifle
That will never make a sound
I have come close to heaven—
Every wild escapade—
In between the mouths of lions
Have I learned to be brave.

Someone asked me if I had seen her
Had I ever known Snow White?
All the sweethearts went to dinner
They all disappeared last night
At a hero’s remembrance
In a hall cold as steel
I have learned that a heartache
Takes a lifetime to heal

It is one, then the other
I have always known the Truth
But the feathers and the tar balls
Keep on falling from the roof
It’s the Shine that I’m after
Like a lightning bolting rod
I am stronger in the shadows
I and I-who-am-God

Crooked captains on the river
Hiding out after the war
Smuggling salt and sugar
Whiskey underneath the floor
Shotgun house dripping water
Try not to renew the lease
Caught a mouse in a bottle
Sold him for a quarter piece.

Frozen footsteps I have witnessed
Though it’s been a while since
I have crossed the Lake of Fire
In the presence of the Prince
I’m not phased when the lights fade
If the Shine finally fails
It’s the Question I am after
Why I ride along the rails

All this time, they’ve been looking
Never realized I was gone
I’m not there or in Brooklyn
After all, I’m the Dawn

It’s the Chaos that they’re after
Once it’s all said and done
I’m the one who brought the laughter
I’m the one, I’m the One
I’m the frightened deer in headlights
I’m the shivering autumn leaves
I’m the Watchman standing upright
I’m those aces up your sleeve

I just called to say Nothing
I’ve lost my sight again
I won’t call back in the morning
I’ll have packed the van by then
It’s a cold and lonely winter
I’ve been struggling to say:
Goodbye to you, my Sister
It has always been this way.

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from The Shine, released November 16, 2016
Written by Anthony Oscar

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