01-OCT-05



DAWN



A dusky orange is creeping towards the tiniest sliver of a moon
Dawn defines the horizon against an ever-warming glow
Long fingers of near forgotten clouds reach for an invisible snooze alarm
All the stars have faded with the indigo of night
And the sky has begun turning a more familiar blue
The orange is gaining steam now,
As more yellow spreads into the mix
The yellow stretches high and wide along the eastern range
It fades and blends against the blue, illuminating low clouds with a silvery hue
Scattered clouds on the horizon glow like heated coals
The sun is surely coming soon
It's light enough to see them all -- the features of the land
The stubborn sliver of a moon clings on still,
Though now so pale it's barely there
Clouds to the North have come alive with a fresh, rosy glow
All across the sky it seems, the clouds are nodding on in dreams
One by one they trade their foggy gray for tinted crimson
Alas my camera battery's dead, on this account you must rely
As the daylight paints a wildly colorful sky
Rose is gone and crimson has churned the clouds to a bright and dizzying yellow-orange
Stay back, sun!
Let me enjoy this masterpiece, so huge, so beautiful, so great.
Pinks and orange on every cloud, as far as the eye can see
Oh how dull the rest of the day, in simple blue and white.

TheZooKeeper