NEW DAY

“I remember looking up at the sky all the time, but I never realized what I was seeing. I never saw the clouds drift slowly across the heavens. Constantly changing, caught in their own dance. I never saw the midday blues fade to purples and deep pinks, the sun turn to a glowing orange haze by the horizon. I never saw the birds murmur above me as they flocked into the distance. Never saw the moon materialize as if from nowhere. All of my days, I remember looking up at the sky as an unreachable destination, and never saw it as a mirror next to me. But today is a new day.”