DAWN AT THE SEASHORE

Hand in hand, my love and I walked into the darkness, a flashlight guiding our steps down stairs, along pathways to the edge of the seashore with its rhythmic sound of waves. Our eyes strained into the eastern sky for an hour of transformative illumination.
The ocean had called us - we were ready.

DAWN’S CATHEDRAL MOMENTS

  In awe I watch

dawn silently nudging back darkness

which willingly gives up 

twinkling stars to a vast beyond

an inner hush, a cathedral moment

a holy experience at the seashore

senses stir to the endless waves rolling,

 cresting, breaking,

 sliding softly

 in delicious ripples under my feet

dawn unfurls in luminous shades of the rainbow

into the expansive sky

resting comfortably on wispy clouds,

falling and 

riding the waves 

settling on the glistening sand

How can I not believe

God cares for me in this amazing hour

of creations reenactment,

 time standing still

for me

saturated with beauty beyond words 

I turn to walk into this new day 

when in a blink of my eye

dawn explodes into brilliance

 sun’s dazzling rays ring like a bell

 of light and warmth and 

life giving 

Cathedral moments

Trudy Peters

2019