After the Storm

After the storm

White 

Stillness

Snow falling 

from a branch

The pond 

frozen over

Before the Dawn

Dawn is barely waking up

I've been awake just long enough

Stillness of morning filling me

A day of rest ahead of me

I allow gratitude to fill 

the spaces in my heart

It spreads and spurns me on

Near the Beginning

Sitting here year after year

Morning after morning

Night after night

Being born again

Light emerges slowly

It always emerges

It always finds you