the sober morning light

promised a new day

with a harsh resolution

to see things as they were,

yet after reflecting upon

the woes of the world

throughout the day,

she became jaded,

and judgement faded.

later that same day,

she was spotted near the sea

in her wine-colored dress

with bare feet in the sand,

deliciously inebriated,

and watching a pale moon

rising over caliginous  waves.