Stumbling into Life

I stumbled into life this morning.
I was dragging a used up Christmas tree
to the curb.
God leaped on me and dragged me to the
ground.
I turned to shout at him. "What is your problem
old man?"
But before the words left my mouth, I was
astounded by the frozen tangerine display,
against a vibrant teal blue.

Tangerine cotton balls of frozen ice crystals
with that particular orange from the sun just as
it breaches the sky.

"What a whale of a mornin', don't you think?"

I nodded my head, because my heart had
been seized, my mind lay stunned.

My head in her lap, I revered the sky.

Sam Roberts