Today Was Going To Be Special

The daybreak was amazing

I sat watching

enjoying that first cup of coffee

the entire eastern sky

filled with orange

moving toward a majestic purple

as my eyes

moved up away from the horizon

it was early

you could still see stars

and the moon

was just setting in the west

There was more to this dawn

than the sunrise

the earth was waking up

to a new day

the sounds of morning came alive

from their evenings rest

the morning dew

dripping into puddles

of its own making

the movement of the birds

as they searched

for their first meal of the day

you would swear that you could hear

the flowers greeting the sunrise

and the grass standing tall to begin

the days growth

There was no question in my mind

today was going to be special

The quiet moments of the morning

often set the stage

for the kind of day I'm about to have

it's a time that reminds me

just how small a part of this world I am

how glorious the Earth really is

Then I realize that as I gazed eastward

there were others

who had seen this day break before me

their hearts

their minds

their thoughts and feeling

almost identical to mine

it made me feel as if each one of us

no matter where we were

were all tiny parts of the same whole

we were all part of each other