early morning sky, quietly inviting me to a new day - clean - fresh - unblemished with sad regrets - offering everything. just waking from deep sleep - eyes blinking open - breathless anticipation. waiting for the sun - the dictator who says get up get going work accomplish do write shower talk listen feed the dogs vaccuum the floor get some exercise pull the weeds wash the clothes turn on the today show and find out what needs to be worried about today.

but before the sun is the stillness - the call to do nothing but watch and discover the endless new day that will be followed by another and another - world without end.

early morning sky inviting me to create life anew - bravely without fences or borders - without expectations and responsibilities --- open as wide as the sky and deep as the moon - as peaceful as the soft gray and pink of first light. all will be well, it says - it is a new day - filled with opportunities to giggle - forgive - stretch - eat the bounty of green earth - drink in the cool fresh wind - grant freedom to the words leaping from my pen. a beginning, a life to be lived completely in this single day, the whole universe reflected in this one sweet still moment as the birds awaken and call to me to come out to play - forget the chores - forget the news - forget the dirty floor and unmade bed and come outside to dance with the dawn and direct the chorus of birdsong - to watch the day begin to live.