Out from the warm-depths of an infinite sleep Away from the cob-web dreams of the night Me and her awake into a reality and bath in warm sunshine
Morning breaks the horizon and now it is moving Across the undeniable intimidating blue sky Moving in colorful waves but in silence Peeling off the shrouds of sleep around our eyes Bringing life to our bodies and to the world around We glide and smile through the tropical vegetation But no we are not alone there are others also gathering Precisely estimating the strange reality of this morning
And look, there in the water A bird that is Swimming We all feel the damp of its black feathers We all feel the excitement of its peculiar existence The anhinga breaks the water and smiles at us.
And look, there along the bank An alligator basking We are taking pictures and we are thinking deeply With every bump of armor a million years of thought The alligator opens his eye as we walk away.
And over there Another bird is preying It is white and grey and blue and red It shifts its neck towards the water like an exclamation point And no sooner breakfast is served for the great blue heron.
And further on Something is breaking the Water A hundred or more creatures of the canal swimming Shimmering bright black and brown on the surface The Florida gar is slapping its tail in the air.
And on and on and on the creatures of the morning stir In anxious anticipation of the fateful day An infinite amount of possibilities hang and fall from the sky They are falling among the cypress and saw grass, and into the water⦠And into us And into us, holding hand in hand Me and her breathing in the tropic air, fresh and alive Taking in all that is to be found, all the possibility and truth We continue walking along to the end of the boardwalk; We can go no further⦠I smile at her through the orange rays of the morning sun And kiss her musical lips.