"Beautiful Sunrise"
by Neville Johnson
The gradual change from dark black to a beautiful red,
Vibrant orange and pale yellow dance across a blurred horizon.
Scattered colors of a moment never to be repeated reflect the overflowing peace of my existence.
The restlessness and internal rage subside amongst the beauty of peaceful colors streaming across a quiet early morning sky.
The sunrise burns away the numbness, if only for a moment.
And I embrace the sense of myself in this quiet moment.
Neville Johnson is a UK veteran of Iraq, Afghanistan and Northern Ireland. Follow him here. Listen to the Savage Wonder podcast episode with him here.
Sweeping Leaves in the Wind, Good Soldiers Don’t Cry, and Alone in a Crowded Room by the Veterans Collective, featuring selections from Neville Johnson.
War...& After The Anthology of Poet Warriors Collection 2 by Dead Reckoning Collective, featuring selections from Neville Johnson.
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