Break of Dawn
I stir sleepily stretching awake
an hour or so before dawn
tossing back the covers
I get to my feet and stretch
Ablutions now done
I call the dogs to heel
we all pile into my car
drive off in the predawn
Heading for a great valley
tucked sleepily in the woods
stream trickling through
where we see deer drinking
The sky is starting to lighten
shadows recede as moonlight
slowly fades and the sun
starts showing a sleepy face
Then bright rays shoot out
each one more dazzling
as the sun climbs up
coating all in sunshine
A wondrous glorious sight
as it bathes the valley
in warm tender hues
and its heat floods out
I enjoy the first light
as my dogs scurry around
setting up pheasants
with loud squawks
In the distance
two hares box each other
then they are off in
large circles then boxing
Fighting, sparring
for the right to mate
the red stag roars
soon they will disappear
As people come here
children will run about
shouting, dipping their
feet in the stream
Smoke lazily curling from
the barbecue's charcoal
little do they realize
what went on before
While in their slumber
tucked up in warm beds
they have missed the
secrets of the dawn
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