the sunrise is 
here, in my hands.
peeking out above
the buildings, the 
noise. step out into
it and learn something
about yourself, about
someone else. just learn
something about anything
and make the sunrise
worth something. it's here --
still, 
in my hands,

and i, of all people,
want to learn
something from it.

i know it reaches out in new york
as it does in africa. it wraps
its arms around palaces and 
around government housing.

we will call it the great equalizer.
and we must learn something,
anything from it if we are
to survive being cradled 
in its fiery hands. 

let it be the sacrifice 
of our time, our sweat, 
our energy, and make that
sunrise matter in a way
that it's never mattered
before.

we will learn something
and let it be the least 
we can do.