Getting it Right

It took such a long time
For me to get it right
Late evening hours
Early morning twilight
A new day awakens
The wind with its chill carried off of the sea
Ferrying clouds hung low
With openings to the sky
Penlights from stars as they pass by

The smell in the air, fresh, crisp, salt-laced
Caresses memories of time past
Of experience and lessons
Of places and dreams
Of future reminders
Of what may become
Of present awareness

Peeking through chambers
Glimpses of the moon
Covered by clouds
But never diminished
Painted hues mixed on the skies palate
Never being constant, always undergoing change
Viewing through the portal
The heavens infinitely extend
Nature and its beauty
A display of aesthetic and precise cohesion

Masterly designed
Breed life of many kinds
To populate and nourish
Utilizing what lives no more
Naturally recycled
Used over and again
Only the souls have departed
To another worldly place