A clean start

This morning is soft,
washed clean
by last night's rain
- last night's flow
of soft sound and supple water,
light-hearted as it drops
and flows
and soaks into the dawn.

The sun,
just under the horizon,
is stretching and yawning,
sending soft pastels
slowly walking
- still stiff with nighttimes stillness,
over the horizon
into the fresh showered day
to nudge and stir dawn's feathered choir.

I have "things to do",
places to be,
a rush to get swept up in.
But for now,
this glorious now,
I will relax
and share this fresh, calm day,
this palette of gentle colour,
wet earth scent,
silence,
and stillness.

© Kayleen White, 2008