A Surrender to Light
January 2018, Carl Garrard
A Surrender to Light
Remedial smell of morning
coffee; I rub my eyes
Crisp winter air fractured;
with a bird’s cheerful melody
Through my window a squirrel
chases nothing
Half way up that pine;
pausing
I’m a sentinel to a delicate
dance
As light expands; the shadows
withdraw
Color and shapes revealed
now; my soul stirs
My heart is full and warm;
sleep having filtered my pain
Exult, rejuvenate; my spirit
triumphant
The inner child larks and
hungers to play
There’s something
extraordinary about this day
Nature beckons; instincts
vibrant
A first step crunches earth;
at last I’m grounded
I hold still, rejoicing in
silence
Goosebumps form teasingly on
my skin; I close my eyes
Listening, feeling; all
senses betrothed
Instinct drives me; onward to
a
A posing silhouette; the
shutter clicks
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