Poem: The day

'It has just broken 5:30am...'

by Steve Day 7th March 2025

It has just broken 5:30am,

the day greyed over, my angled desk light pointing

away from me so it can’t dazzle the keyboard.

I am sat in my room with a silent drum kit

and a laptop containing the whole world.

For a short while, perhaps five minutes, no more than that,

I left this space to its own order and counted my breathing.