Sunlight and Shadows


Present

Walk through rays of time with me

Dust-filled sunbeams in a wood

Feel the breath of memory

Wind through trees so long have stood

Listen to the past run by

Gurgling brook of mountain rain

Watch as sun and shadows fly

Clouds blow in and out again

Hear the sounds of evening near

Nesting bird calls in the trees

Count the points of starlight clear

Pure and timeless, silent breeze

Bid another day farewell

Wrapped in glorious vivid hue

Taste the moon’s great lustrous spell

Against twilight’s deepening blue

Sit so still that we can feel

The rotation of the world

Time and space now centered here

Present, past, and future swirled

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