Sunrise until Noon

As the orange eye grabbed,

tugged and pulled itself to the sky,

twisting, blending colors appeared.

A lazy purple haze, soft yellows, and quiet pinks,

and crashing waves fell on an empty beachfront.

You feel joy walking with the morning,

as if seeing an old friend all over again.

Early morning finds strangers walking;

some running, some sitting, watching,

watching a sea-green wave froth to the shore,

marveling its quiet, magnificent power.

Midmorning surrounds visitors setting up shop,

each looking, searching for a place to soak up sun,

a place to lay food and drink,

a place where they connect with this all-powerful beauty.

Oh, be sure, the day is very young, and soon,

the beach for a far as your eyes take you,

you will see hundreds gathered along its shores.

call it the ritual of pre-nuptial summer.

By now it is noon.

The shoreline filled like a sardine can.

The people will take away your once-upon-a-time paradise.

But tomorrow with early sunrise,

it will belong only to you again.

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The photo taken is Wrightsville Beach, NC