Morning mountain sun
Arising to a new day
Winter slips away
Morning mountain sun
Arising to a new day
Winter slips away
Piercing halo peel,
releasing sun’s essence.
On winter solstice.
At nautical twilight
thousands of stars, civil twilight
out of sight.
Bands of blue and purple,
Signs of winter’s brutal weather,
Have bruised the sky.
Waning moon, day star
Aging brother, bright sister
Spring morning wonder
Standing watch over starfish,
as the day draws to a close, as they begin their nightly ascension,
climbing into the indigo sky