Early morning has such energy and newness and hope.
  The quietness perceived as gentility,
powerfully ushers in the elements of newness.
The dramatic dawning then
	and spirit of day’s beginnings---

Until the close of day
	when the hushed silence of stars reminds us
	of thousands of new beginnings
		all with such energy,
				all to come.

The powerful silence of evening’s end--
--the powerful quietness of dawn’s beginnings……

by D.K.Walker

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