Dawn Breaking

I saw for myself
The dark swishing of the palm leaves
Molested by the rowdy sea-air.

The Dark earth swelled up
In unbelievable pain of a new birth
Silently
The head of the sapling
Broke the skin of dirt.

I saw
A deep thought swelling in my soul
The pain
Unbearable
Pierced like death
The blue light of dawn caught it in a jeweled net
Of sunlight, of dew, and trembling petals.