Morning Mist

Did you miss the morning mist

Were you still asleep

I watched it as it rolled on in

Whilst you were counting sheep.

I know there was a halo

It came and disappeared

A luminescence of light

That slowly reappeared.

It was a magic moment

A veil of obscurity

It felt just like a blanket

A second of security.

And then the daylight came

Sneaking like a thief

Here one second then gone

All so very brief.

Moisture clung to foliage

Silver dewdrops fell

Quietness soaked the morning

Tween the hill and knell.

Brown horses stood like sentinels

Out on the milky ground

Standing there in silhouette

Hardly made a sound.

I felt the minutes moving

Across the earth and sky

I watched the mist you missed

As it flew on by.

Did you miss the mist this morning

It rolled like an ocean wave

A blanket of opportunity

I saw but couldn’t save.

David Rudder on #musestr