Purpling

The earliest morning light 
compels life, requires attention.
If wakefulness does not yet 
pervade, it must invade the 
eyes exposed to dawn exposure,
a repetition, sure, impossible
to repeat. Beginning well
has nothing to do with 
middles, everything to do
with the shell of the moment
peeled back to reveal tiny
icicles, reflecting magenta,
refracting proof of 
unconstrained flight.