Sunrise by Frank C. Modica

would I love the sunrise

if I couldn’t see

the blue, the brightness,

the wisps of clouds

high in the stratosphere

would I love it

if I couldn’t hear

the cardinals chattering

away in the bushes,

as if my ears and eyes

were always out of reach

would I love the sunrise

if rain clouds chased

the beams behind the horizon

of the shadows

would I love it

if no one sang songs

to dispel the darkness

would I love it back

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Frank C. Modica is a retired teacher from Urbana, Illinois. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Brussels Review, Sheila-Na-Gig, and Adelaide Literary Magazine. Frank's first chapbook, “What We Harvest,” was published in 2021 by Kelsay Books.