The sun shines bright
as warmth spreads across
the body of the earth,
reaching down to her inner core
and manifesting outwardly,
leaves unfurling, flowers blossoming
as the heat slowly rises.
Gentle caresses from the wind,
mountains of grass arch and then
stretch down into valleys,
rivers of water that pool and flow
catching the waning reflections
of light,
the earth flushed with color.
Now night is tangled in the hills
the stars intertwined with the sea,
the trees—
their branches stretched upward
as the sky reaches down to meet them,
the earth settles and then sleeps,
heaven above and below at peace.
Photo by Wendy Wei.