Morning Light

Earth awaits morning light,
woodland creatures anticipate
the start of day
Clouds of grey part and
open wide
like a curtain on a stage
There the sun appears in all
its glory , lifting
shadows of the night
Shining brightly
it warms the path and
shows the way
to plump wild turkey
and white tail deer
Birds rested , now on the rise
gawk and sqawk and flap
their wings, ready for
flight across an
expanding blue sky
Flower petals drooping,
stooping in the dark , are lifted
upward, towards Heaven's gate