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| Sunrise over Lower Shin Pond, Maine - July 20, 2020 |
Novel Ways to Shine
Evening waves lap onto shore
as loon calls echo.
Bullfrogs engage in deep debate
as I slowly settle
into night’s slumber.
Morning light seeps ever so quietly
over the now-still pond,
rocky sentinel peeks
from behind and above
Evening waves lap onto shore
as loon calls echo.
Bullfrogs engage in deep debate
as I slowly settle
into night’s slumber.
Morning light seeps ever so quietly
over the now-still pond,
rocky sentinel peeks
from behind and above
flowy clouds.
My eyes open,
heart soon follows,
mind drifts
to the decision of yesterday.
Only a day,
and I awaken to such newness.
I walk to the dock,
sit, watch the changing scene unfold.
I breathe… deeply,
allow it all in,
all out.
I feel the truth of me expand,
with a knowing that I did the right thing,
difficult though it was.
My own light will not diminish
because I had to let go –
for me.
In fact, I do believe that,
just as the sun makes is way
into each uniquely new day
and morning light widens,
I will find
novel ways to shine.
My eyes open,
heart soon follows,
mind drifts
to the decision of yesterday.
Only a day,
and I awaken to such newness.
I walk to the dock,
sit, watch the changing scene unfold.
I breathe… deeply,
allow it all in,
all out.
I feel the truth of me expand,
with a knowing that I did the right thing,
difficult though it was.
My own light will not diminish
because I had to let go –
for me.
In fact, I do believe that,
just as the sun makes is way
into each uniquely new day
and morning light widens,
I will find
novel ways to shine.
Sarah Carlson
July 20, 2020
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