from beyond the horizon glimpses of color appear,

as the sunrises higher, red, orange, pink and yellow

spread cautiously, simply blanketing the sky.

as the rays reach out, some begin to awaken.

warmth crawls across the land, gently waking all others

soon all will wake and hurry on with their lives.

while the sun gracefully slides across the sky,

only to rise again in another place.

a scale of color from blue to silver

gently announces the beginning of night.

calmly calling for silence and a halt to all movement

many stars and the moon appear, drenching the land in a pale light