i believe it was one day in spring, probably in the mid-spring, that i saw a sunrise, my first sunrise, an image so beautiful that it's still stuck in my mind.

back then, i was an 8th grader walking out the door, on my way to the subway, going to school. i was probably wearing a t-shirt and jeans and possibly had a light jacket over my t-shirt. i don't really remember what i had on. all i know was that i was carrying my bookbag, wondering if it had magically gotten heavier overnight, and yawning.

i was still half-asleep since i slept pretty late and had to wake up at 6:15am daily to make it on time for school, being that it was in another borough. when i truly openned my eyes that day, maybe 20 steps from the doormat of my house, the first thing i noticed was the light. it was lighter than yesterday's dawn and the many dawns before that.

i smiled, thinking that nature was finally being kind, to allow summer to come and with that, the end of the school year. it was when i looked up that i saw the amazing sight.

there weren't that many clouds, probably considered as partly cloudy in the weather reports, and the sky had a purplish-pinkish kind of glow. the sun was a mix between orange and red, looking bright and powerful, close but yet far away.

i glanced at it for maybe two seconds and then remembered about how it ruins your eyes if you stare at it too long. i looked away and then glanced back again, and then looked away and back again, and on and on. the sight was just so beautiful that the description before wasn't even close to describing it's true image.

i might not know exactly what i wore that day, but i will never forget that image, the image of the very first sunrise i saw.

a few times in the later days, i would wake up extra early during weekends to watch for another sunrise. of course, it was probably after going on yahoo! the night before to find out about the time of the sunrise.

i've seen quite a few beautiful sunrises ever since then, but the best sunrise was the first one i saw, during a day in spring in 8th grade.

people say that sunsets look pretty too and maybe one day i'll go look at a sunset. but for now, i'm satisfied with my few ocassional glances of sunrises.