dawn arrives alone

dawn arrives, alone, the sunlight revealing a world cold from the darkness, waking urgent to believe, this life, this day, this place and my own awakening in this holy center, where love is queen and empress, the world is food and i devour all i can. light and sound combine on the airwaves between the hills. car doors slam and engines downshift up the curves below. the air cool and still freshens the skin and eyes can see for miles down the valley and over the nearby ridge the air travels to the sea where saint mary gazes peacefully past the freeways and packing houses and rumbling of life unstoppable.here pine trees stand thick and silent, the air blue and light, birds fly to the feeders and squirrels and rabbits gather underneath, catching the overflow of the swinging diners. what last moment this would be, the life complete, the earth peaceful, my tasks undone and unworried about their needs. i turned away from the world and the fantasy becomes a realty, the story book opens and i step in and never come out. each life a mystery each time a delight or horror every beast a creature of the unwitting author writing fables that come to life. i examine the page i am on and play the part i am given, without attachment i give and humbly i accept the universe is all i am and the part i play but a flutter of electrons singing her song. tomorrow more will come and the life unfolds without any me to be a part of it, i sing this universal soul and sleep in my hearts contentment.