I looked up at rain-freshened evening sky
Heavens so high you can see past forever.
Watched a full moon rise beaming soft light
Saw millions of stars sprinkled like sequins
Flung across inky black background of night.
Before daybreak next morning, all wrapped in silence
Waking-up world enfolds me in enchantment
Alone with my coffee before morning game drive
I sit with animals invisible in darkness.
I saw them yesterday, know they are there.
Stars still in their heaven the birds start to call
Life all around stirring, a new day beginning.
Small creatures chirp, buzz, rustle the grasses
Staking own territory, searching for food. As the day lightens
Large animals appear sounding no noises.
Life in its abundance bursting its seams.
Creation amazing pulsing around me
My soul and my senses filed near overflowing
I’m only a visitor with the good fortune
To show up in time for my front row chair.
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Indeed, some lucky passersby we are
In some friendly way-station
Might as well to give us some notion
Of then in the hereafter 🙂
Thanks for your poetic response. 🙂
Heavens so high you can see past forever – really like that line
Thank you. I can still see that sky in my mind’s eye – unforgettable.
Beautifully evocative.
Lovely comment. Thanks.
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Thanks for the pingback.
I imagine I’m there with you with a mug of strong coffee.
Welcome to this place.
Powerful imagery! Just beautiful…
Your comments mean a lot to me. Thanks