Lifesaving.
Oh Light, you travel so fast,
invisibly cladding
this planet in change which
nothing can hinder,
altering colourless night-hue
you, in an eye\'s flick
gilt sea\'s face, reveal distance,
and more than that
touch land in filigree-silver
melting black fingers
of mist, netting dune\'s grass
and more than that
your whispers to unfolding
flora in still-dark
corners make numberless
petals succumb
to your calls, sensuous fur
feels your warming
as feathery sleep blinks in
readiness to dawn\'s
breezy ruffles for morning
stirs wings, fins
stretch in watery beds and
more than that,
humanity worldwide yawns
at your warning
of lullaby\'s finish and shakes
off drowse to see
how labour for hours ahead,
is a rewarding
force with light\'s ready aid
and more than that
each sunset aims for an end
to your daily
performance but not before
the glittering exit
when stretch of red rays take
central stage after
which Oh Light you then sink
slowly back into
your secret abyss - and wait,
for more than
un-thinkable would be life\'s
disastrous lack
if your shining entrance it\'s
cue ever missed
and for this earthling heads
being low or high
bend in anticipation as awe
turns to gratitude
and much more than that
for such changes
which global orbit supplies
as lifesaving proof
Light deserves full praise.