Daylight Saving Time

Is daylight actually saving time?

From what does time need saving?

These extra morning hours

Now more fully lit,

Now more exposed by the sun who

Sneaks into every crevice and

Wakes me through the giant windows

Of my lonely bed -

Were these the hours worth protecting?

If the sun could penetrate the windows

Of my heart, would my soul be saved?

It's still nighttime there, and nothing has stirred, 

But I couldn't say if I am merely sleeping still,

Or so far beyond the realms of sleep

That the sun in my eyes will not be enough to wake me.

I do not want time saved by daylight

If I can't have the time I wished to have and hoped would lead me to be

So much less alone and so much less exposed than I am now, in the early morning by the sun.

There was no extra hour of sleep for me,

But only an extra hour to examine the empty spaces that now, thanks to daylight, I am

Forced to see around me.

But, even so, today will still be beautiful,

The daylight is still idyllic, and the sun

Does not know or care about the crevices he lights - only that they become lit, exposed, and warmed.

And maybe warmth is what we need,

And maybe that's why daylight's saving time.