A Fresh New Start

By Erika Whitmore Godwin

The once rising sun sets,
The soft blue sky
Grows black,
Little children are tucked
Away in their sacks,
A mother's soft kiss on the forehead--
She wonders what's in store
For their lives ahead:
A fresh new life
Into this world,
With hopes and dreams
In their minds a-swirl,
A step into freedom
Out of a cage,
Like reading a book
And turning the page,
With soft pale skin
And hair to match,
So fine, thin paper would scratch.
It's a fresh new mind
Sharpened and keen,
A new soul into this world,
To love, give, hate, shine and take--
Everything a planet takes to make;
To live and die in,
A world of new beginnings--
Of new lives--
A fresh new start.