I rise in<\/p>\n
Darkness.<\/p>\n
Humidity and heat<\/p>\n
hang heavy in thick air.<\/p>\n
Clothes stick and<\/p>\n
I rush out and gulp<\/p>\n
fresh morning air.<\/p>\n
Light summer breezes<\/p>\n
carry me to<\/p>\n
pier.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Pre-dawn Darkness-<\/p>\n
Stillness<\/p>\n
Silence<\/p>\n
Vacuum<\/p>\n
S-p-a-c-e!<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Tern calls overhead-<\/p>\n
screaming Morning.<\/p>\n
White Light marks horizon<\/p>\n
separating dark water<\/p>\n
from Sky.<\/p>\n
Inhale freshness-<\/p>\n
Smell of Dew!<\/p>\n
Horizon line shakes as<\/p>\n
Water- Sky lighten.<\/p>\n
Fiery reds and yellows<\/p>\n
blaze onto horizon-moving up Sky<\/p>\n
as Morning moves in and speaks through the Sun.<\/p>\n
Shimmering glory sparkles on water.<\/p>\n
Sky radiates Gold!<\/p>\n
Ingrid Exner, Poem #6, Poetry Half Marathon 2020<\/p>\n
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