night has barely ended
im 6
i would guess the time but its irrelevant
when you cant see the sun yet
the moon still shines
its still darkness
this time is sacred
we do not speak english
we are cautious
still molding our tongues around words we have been taught to forget
we are learning our own language
forming a bond of linguistic cable that cannot be broken
is it a simple time
we are almost silent
weary not to wake the woman who sleeps at this hour
or the other children
my mother and simblings
never enjoyed saying goodbye to the moonlight
we do the only thing that we can that is still sacred in this house
we cook
or at least he does
and we eat
starting down each others brown skin
finding our pride and strength in the love that emanate there
its sunrise
and we
have greeted this time together for as long as i can remember
father and daughter
waiting for god to turn over
waiting for the world to be light again
and yet
we both know
that beyond these walls
at any hour
it is still
just
darkness
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