Friday, January 22, 2016

Paused – v2

Did you see it, feel it;
did you stop and notice
to soak it in, to taste it?

I paused, scanning
The horizon,
the foreground
light all around me

In wonder, in awe
I was so grateful, I paused
stopped my rushing, to enjoy

The sunrise, the break of day
frozen and melting
shadows and weak-February sun
falling on new snow

Canary and dusty/powder blue
sculpted on the substantial clouds
(not like summer gossamer)
and fused with the gray below,
the edge of land
waking this Wednesday

A wonder, a gift
if you, like me, paused
long enough
to drink it all in

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edited January 22, 2016
Paused – v2

posted March 7, 2004
written February 4, 2004 15:06
Paused

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