NATURE Poem: Golden Rhapsody, by Shawn Belanger

In the morning, as soon as you wake, go to the Sea,
Look far off the horizon, beyond where eyes could ever possibly see,
Wait in the moments of darkness, as the day lifts from down below,
Fire begins to light up the sky from a time so long, long ago.

With sounds of the crashing waves and the soft morning breeze,
The flames rise ablaze, casting their color across the tops of the trees,
Slowly joined by the whole World waking anew, all await the fiery show,
The World becomes still…every breath being held, with eyes wide aglow.

As time stands still, the flame shapes to a quivering ball,
The effort is clear, it’s inevitable and necessary for giving life to all,
Rising with passion and purpose, breaking free, little by little,
Its rise even gives, to the sad and bad of yesterday, complete and total acquittal.

The truth of the Sun against the sky, beyond the Sea of deep, turbulent blue,
Accepted by most, questioned by few, yet understood only by you,
Hiding in the flame…the glow, the inferno…it’s an explosion so fiery-gold,
The love it shares, gives power and strength, never dim or subtle, always so bold.

It’s love for you is clear and true, seen and felt, pure and warm,
The waves try to rise, but the power of the Sun parts them irregardless the storm,
The Sun gazes in your direction, with effort to elicit invitation to you,
It reaches and draws across the Sea, now quiet and flat, calm and true.

The love forms into a path for thee to follow…a road poured of molten gold,
Step toward the Sun, follow the trail, it’s a golden avenue to what never gets old,
Direct to you, just for you and only you, one of the true lucky few,
You can walk upon the Sea, upon the road of glowing gold, that is made only for you.

That’s the treacly Sun, as it is, filling its needs with compersion by all,
So walk the golden trail to the feel the rhapsody of the Sun without fail or fall,
That’s what love should be, and the Sun is the perfect example to follow,
It matters not what the Sea has to say, for the Sun’s love fills the Sea, whether deep or
shallow.