Sunrise Over the Sea

The sun hovers on the horizon and shimmers its rays across the sea. In this snatched moment life is balanced - as I breathe in its peace and tranquility. A life's quest for contentment encapsulated in this serene instant...... suspended ...... mentally photographed for posterity. Glimpsed - then gone - as the journey continues. Now, today, in this time frame, in this instant, I am happy: I have found it; the elusive rare butterfly; the slippery eel caught - held - then gasped for as it slips from my grasp. When I look back on this time, this place. I know it will be remembered fondly. I will handle it gently, removing it from the cerebral tissue paper which preserves it.... carefully unwrapping, piece by piece..... trying to recapture the clarity; the colours, the mood, but not quite as my memory becomes ravaged by the blurring of time. I recall when the sun hovered on the horizon and shimmered its rays across the sea. In that snatched moment, already gone, I found perfect contentment and peaceful symmetry.