Lyrical Sunday – Daylight

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The sun dipped down at six thirty on Saturday night,
with a sunset to warm me to the core,
leaving winter nights behind –
and knocking on summer’s door.

Sunset at Princess Bay

The clocks took us closer, as we slept,
waking to a new time & a season of promise.

Scorching Bay, Miramar Peninsula, Wellington

My mood that’s felt depressed,
since May’s darkening descent,
is now shifting to a lighter gear –
with every minute of extended daylight.

Evans Bay at sundown - the night daylight saving kicks in - on cusp of full moon

Every year I try to rise above it,
but the whirlpool of winter catches me in its grip.
Immune systems undermined,
children with coughs and sneezes,
I am nurse and mother – above all else –
no time to rest and recuperate.
In the trenches, one foot in front of the other –
doing my duty till the tunnel’s end is reached.

But now, the darkness falls away,
the longer days make me anew.
A husband home from work in daylight –
children playing outdoors – high as kites.

Time for me to slip away –
to breath in the scent of a summer’s night.
Alone with my thoughts and the waves on the shore –
the shrill caw of a seagull as it soars.

© Sarah Lee, 2012

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Lyrical Sunday

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8 thoughts on “Lyrical Sunday – Daylight”

  2. Thanks – but though I find the winter hard I wouldn’t want to wish it away – as it is all part of life’s circle – ying & yang.

  3. Lovely poem and gorgeous pictures to illustrate your feelings….raining here but getting brighter by the minute…promises sun later and should be good for daddy’s golf.I’ll head off to painting later.Big hugs all round.Lovely to talk earlier.

  4. lovely words – I always complain wildly about having to get up earlier!! (I am such a morning grump!) Love the images too. Happy Spring/Summer start

  5. Im looking forward to summer too
    I saw a beautiful sunset tonight and before that we had dinner at the park and then I walked 5.4 kms 🙂
    pleased youre feeling happier 🙂

  6. Beautiful words and photos. I have felt so much more alive this week (despite feeling more tired with the change in clocks) xx

  7. Horray Sarah for a mum who doesn’t moan about the early wake ups due to the day light savings switch, but who celebrates the shifting leveling light!! I love the fact you know what you appreciate and need to be at your best. QLD has no daylight savings we loose sun at 6pm all year, but then in summer like now it’s up at 445am- and so our whole family rises at 5am and sleeps at 630pm (kids) & 830pm ( adults) sounds crazy huh but it keeps us happy and with energy to enjoy life & kids early rising.

  8. Thanks Theresa, your day sounds wonderful to me too – to fit with the daylight and earlier in the day must be so much cooler too. x

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