someone told me once that if you watch the sunrise every day for a week you’ll change your life
by MIKEE PARANGALAN
6:16 am is when a cacophony of birdsong still sings
louder
than the traffic on Sheridan Rd one block away
when seagulls are double-lit by
what’s left of the moon and the precipice of the sun
who is still preparing to breach Lake Michigan’s
horizon
the belt of gray allowing her glow to shine above as
the glow of a flashlight pressed against your palm
you have to wonder:
has it always looked like this?
even though you know the answer is No
Mikee Parangalan is a Midwest apologist and carpe diem evangelist, writing and creating in Chicago, Illinois. Her work is forthcoming in hex literary magazine and her project proof of what? is available on Bottlecap Press. You can find her online @mkprngln and most anywhere else if you look hard enough.