The Cusp of a New Day

~ They're not that different from you, are they? Same haircuts. Full of hormones, just like you. Invincible, just like you feel. The world is their oyster. They believe they're destined for great things, just like many of you, their eyes are full of hope, just like you. Did they wait until it was too late to make from their lives even one iota of what they were capable? Because, you see gentlemen, these boys are now fertilizing daffodils. But if you listen real close, you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. Go on, lean in. Listen, you hear it?

 - - Carpe - - hear it? - -

 Carpe, carpe diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary.~  John Keating (Dead Poets Society)

                                                                                                

The darkness of the night begins to settle

and just when it feels as if

i will never see the light dawn,

over the horizon,

behind the hill,

a break in the palate

a sliver of hope flashes forth.

It is the cusp of a new morning,

the dark black night begins to fade,

morning is breaking and

life begins to whistle and coo and buzz

It is the cusp of a new day

and

I have the choice to make.

Shall I seize it?

Shall I take this opportunity to push

my feet once again into the soil that

has been fertilized with hope and joy and grace.

I wiggle my toes, feel the ghost of days gone by

buried amongst my roots,

and

I push down with all my weight

trusting that my legs will support my heaviness...

and

I decide

to look into the light

and

  to risk jumping on the cusp

of a new day....

 I pull the life-force up through my veins,

I stand

see the darkness fade

and

I wave my hands in joy

at the cusp of a new day..

Carpe Diem!

Hugs and Happy Sunday to all of you!