Shaded valley waits for dawn.
Hummers zip and halt
and gently joust in flight.
Slowly the sun, the star
mantles over an eastern ridge.
Swallows, robins, shoot higher,
soft sirocco plumps
pillows of chattering leaves
and dull lashes flush
before still eyes
to cold golden filaments,
striking chords of amber
in a breath freshly blue,
breathed brighter.