SUNRISE by Brooke Nicholas

I.

The night was so dark.

It was in its darkness that a love was broken. The bonds were not strong enough to last the test of time. The light from the heart not strong enough to guide them home.

Perhaps they had wandered too far from each other, got separated, and then could not find their way back.

They got lost in the dark.

But it was also in the darkness that they found what they were looking for.

II.

As the sun comes up on a new day, its rays find them. Not together, but happy.

In the darkness, they find the light.

III.

I wish I could have been your light to always guide you home.

But I am happy that we have each found what we need. Our journey was not in vain. For if we had not walked the path together, in the dark, we would not have been able to see the light at its end.

❤

Brooke Nicholas was born in  Dawson Creek, BC, lives in Calgary, Alberta, and still thinks of Nelson, BC as home. She’s been dating since she was 15 and hunting since she’s been 31. She usually writes stories about wolves. This is not one of them.

❤

text © Brooke Nicholas 2017

photography ©  Jennifer Weihmann

used with permission; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

ABOUT THE PROJECT:

SCREW CHOCOLATE: 14 Queer Valentines To Help You Survive February 14 is a collaborative project by YYC Queer Writers. We get together intermittently to… write. Also, laud our lovers. Commiserate about our exes. Read each other what we wrote. Explain what we want to write. Try to justify why we aren’t writing it. Go home and write it. Come back. Share it… repeat.

TABLE OF CONTENTS  VALENTINES

Valentine 1: Mountains & Moments by T

Valentine 2:Karma, in Pronouns by Marzena Czarnecka

Valentine 3: The Long Commute by L. Sara Bysterveld

Valentine 4: It Happens Like This by Dana Stan

Valentine 5: Try by M. Jane Colette

Valentine 6: Sunrise by Brooke Nicholas

COMING:

Valentine 7: Want by T

Valentine 8: Get The Fuck Up & Love by Dallas Barnes

Valentine 9: Elizabeth by Nola Sarina

Valentine 10: Instructions by PW Zelli

Valentine 11: Unmentionables by Alyssa Linn Palmer

Valentine 12: The Shy Girl’s Guide to Sexting by M. Jane Colette

Valentine 13: Delivery by Elisa Kae

Valentine 14: Alter Ego In A Red Tie by Lotis Cervantes