Sunrise


     Heralded by the pomp of
        Royal indigo and scarlet
        Satin greens and blues,
     A golden crown appears 
        On the horizon.
  

     "Let the be light," said
        He, and light --
     Dazzling, sudden, bright -- to make
        Evil ide his head in shame,
     Floods o'er the 
        Sun-drenched glorious Earth.

  
     Note: Poems on Trees, 1974.