Hope in the New Day

It begins

As mere suggestion

Lying etched radiant orange on the horizon

Giving a hint of early dawn to sky above

The hovering clouds

Black, ominous

Float above

The sky to the south and north still sleep in

Darkness is all around

As the suggestion of dawn whispers

On the horizon across the ocean

The brush stroke of color at the intersection of sky and ocean

Slowly stretches its arms awake

Spreading color above and aside

The black, voluminous mass

Is now etched with brilliant white

The forward clouds defining themselves as soft, white, downy pillows

As the backdrop begins to release the night

The sky morphs from black to grey to slate blue

As orange brushes higher toward the heavens

The dance of dawn continues

As a beam of orange shoots across the sea

Its origin – a globe of brilliance

Radiating light

Announcing the new day

Day has overtaken the night once again!

When our lives are dark,

Morning seemingly lost, unreachable

Let us look to the sky for Hope

That someday, somewhere

Dawn will creep in.

Let the radiance penetrate your being

And illuminate the darkness.