I knew I would find it somewhere

~

I drifted past the sunset

where horizons make their place

Imaginary lineage 

that artists love to trace

I saw the world illumined

in a shade of tangerine

Beyond the treelined silhouette

and shadows in between

I scaled a distant mountain

that was massive in its size

Where I could taste the altitude

amidst blueberry skies

When then I saw a sparrow

as it flitted on the wing

And followed it, just listening

in hopes that it would sing

It took me down a pathway,

round the bend and every turn

Then rested in an olive tree

beside a river fern

I bid farewell and strolled along,

directions heading west

For this I hoped would lead me too

my early morning quest

A squirrel danced above me 

in the branches of the trees,

A firefly then floated by,

like surfing on the breeze

I watched in endless wonder

as the world about me turned

Took little notes in scribbled thoughts

of all that I had learned

When up ahead I see a spark,

a tiny orb of gold

As half a day had come and gone,

if every truth be told

It seems I've found my treasure,

there it sits before my eyes

The one thing I've been searching for,

a beautiful sunrise

~

Author's Note

Good morning, WC Poets