Dawn

Double cinquain for a sweet, sensitive, thoughtful, and kind friend

For Dawn
this life has been
a struggling to rise
and push the heavy night away
each morn,

although
her light persists
without hesitation
and nourishes the coming day
with grace.



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A Cinquain:

Line 1: 2 syllables
Line 2: 4 syllables
Line 3: 6 syllables
Line 4: 8 syllables
Line 5: 2 syllables