Early Morning Tranquillity

Early morning tranquillity,

tree-splintered sunshine heralding a new day.

Human activity muted, but creaturely busyness,

orderly not frenetic,

punctuates the stillness.

 

Innumerable creatures and plants

inhabit this haven.

Mostly unseen and unheard,

co-existing in a peace humans seem unable to achieve.

 

Senses are heightened;

bird and insect song in harmony

and beside me a companionable cat,

punctiliously engaged with her morning wash.

Oh, that such harmony might be replicated

across our struggling world.

 

Included by permission of the author, the Rev. Ros Murphy