Dawn

You look beyond the houses, above the buildings and trees, looking to see where darkness is beginning to soften into light. There is a different feel to the morning, as if there is something new and exciting just waiting to begin. The change starts gradually. Birds have yet to start their morning flight, squirrels are still resting, dogs are silent. Instead of sunlight coming up over the horizon the sky changes into a dawn that has an iridescent glow to it. Although it gets brighter you cannot see the colors that come with a new day.

You can feel the excitement build as you watch the curtain begin to lift up from behind the trees. In an instant it is as if you are standing on a stage, blinded by a spotlight of red and purple. The sun has begun to rise to greet the morning and seems to hang just above the skyline. It is a shimmering ball of fire, pushing color across everything that can be seen.

The light shines on the houses, bathing them on pink and lavender. Windows catch the color of fire and reflect it back into the air. Movement and color flow between earth and sly until even the air in front of you seems touched with color. It is as if an artist has taken a brush and dipped it into the paint of the morning colors. When the perfect combination of red, purple, and orange have been swirled together the brush is pulled back, waiting for the breeze to flow and absorb the colors, ready to paint the air as it drifts across the sky.

The world becomes alive with movement and color. Dogs have awakened and are out for their first run, barking their good morning to the neighbors. The birds are gathered around feeders and fountains, chirping back and forth to one another. Squirrels are running across the yards and scampering up, down, and around the trees with constant chattering amongst them.

As the sun begins to rise higher into the sky her colors soften in intensity. What once was vivid and bold has now become soft and pale. Above the sun the sky is a robin’s egg blue. A pale yellow shines up from the sun, stretching itself up to join with the blue.

Sunrise into daylight is the signal that a new morning is here. Birds spread their wings and take flight while animals scatter off to parts unknown. Trees sway in the breeze, and nature moves across earth and sky; a perfect mix of music, dance and flight as the spotlight of sun changes into a sky of light.