
perched on garden hose
a few steps beyond front door
a willing subject
maybe the best photo snapped
after day on hiking trails

first light this morning
later than it was last week
walking in the dark
small souls on a small planet
noticing the small changes

across the divide
easy to see in nature
not so with humans
arbitrary boundaries
hard for some to overcome

beautiful ending
to an ordinary day -
starting somewhere else
some might call enlightenment
living with new perspective

first in this lifetime
so many disappointments
before redemption