When i walk out of my house in the morning

i embrace the day with the whole of my being

 

i let my skin feel the sun, the warmth

or the breeze, the wind from the sea

i let my soles feel the dirt, the wet of it after a night-rain,

the hotness of the dry season

 

i smell the special smell of salt water in the air,

the breeze coming from the sea

and i lift my eyes to take in the blue,

the flawless sky

 

and the vultures circling up there,

looking for prey

the small yellow butterflies all around me

the green, the green beautiful

 

i let in the sounds of the village

laughter from the neighborhood kids

Bob Marley on a radio in the distance

and most of all, the silent hum of nature on this tropical morning

 

and then when i walk into the bay, the ocean sounds are lifting my emotions

i answer with joy

uplifted again

by a new

morning