Awake Before the World

Early morning sun breaks through the

glass –

rays of light filling the room that was dark for hours.

Awake so long that night leaves and day returns.

Color from black and white, renewed.

Sitting behind the pane watching the world change itself

The light ignites the bright green leaves

that many capture in painted rhapsody.

Justice is never done to the reality of morning,

the day beginning right before your eyes.

Stay still long enough to see hydrangeas sway

the sun pouring over every petal

til the bunch is drowning in dawn.

See the faint moon disappear into the milky blue sky

and the sun shine over the place you call home.

Then move toward the sounds of life in another room.

Sophia Baker