the day wakes
a choice is made

not by the day mind you  it does what it does no choice in the matter
by me  by you  by your neighbor  by the postman  by the person just now walking by on the dawn lit sidewalk  jeans too low   head held high   hands fluttering  just

will you listen with both ears
can you taste the morning coming to greet you
will you let all of your eyes scan and see the colors in sky and tree and soil
can you absorb a day through the surface of your skin

the light touch of morning breeze that is reaching out to sway the little yellow bird atop the sunflower in the front garden bed
glanced at  just  by the low-slung passerby  too  this
has sense for you