SUNRISE

The dark hues of night soften as colour gently seeps in to the scene.  The sun takes a peep as he prepares his playful palette for today.  Starting with a golden yellow, becoming a red or a brown or a cloud in grey highlight.  The range is immense.  Slowly the shift from dark to light.  Birds form a chorus and leaves feel the sap rejoice in their veins.  Curtains are drawn back, blinds are raised, eyes are rubbed and arms are stretched.  A house martin dives for her morning drink.  Then fast in flight for the food the sun shows her.  The sea takes on todays sheen and ripples reflect the sky and the light.  A breeze joins in to shift shadow, shade and dark and light.  Sliding over the horizon comes his golden orb.  The dark recedes to hidden corners where the warmth never goes.  Long shadows form creating contrast and shape.  The day is now full lit and the world begins to work.  Colour and shade clash and change as beauty appears and flows in form.  The sun did rise, life did glow and the day began.