Good morning on the lakeside deck from Lake Ann, Bella Vista, AR ~ Sitting at direction latitude and longitude: 94•13’58″W 36•28’29″N at Elevation +11.1• 7:45 A.M.

Sunbeams
tip and slide into my day.

Light rays crisscross the mountain ridge.
Finally, the sun sits right on top
in its old familiar way —
meeting my morning sky.

Shadows flow upward, carried by skywinds, 
trees gently sway and then create
a full-blown wind symphony.

Golden light
fills the hardwood forest branches.
Green backlit leaves shine — like emeralds,
as the sun dances higher into the sky.

First kisses of a sunbeam
greet me and pass over the land
like an open window without a shutter.

Sunlight spills out, tracing the earth,

high into the treetops.

First light lands in cool night shadows,

deep down onto the hillsides. 

Sunbeams wait for the day, lingering amongst the shallows.

I see morning as it’s unfolding,
in this golden hour.

Dazzling light rays
smooths out its native earth light
and fades into day, over me — around me
skywinds shift, and morning is gone.