Monday Morning

Monday morning, 5 o'clock
tick tick tick tick tick tick tock
Sun's not risen 'though I must
qi gong first, in which I trust

stretch and centre, calming mind
breathing in and out to find
Breakfast ready, tea and toast
sky now glimmering in a most

subtle lightening, black to gray
overhead a cloudy day
in the beginning, at the start
in the moment I depart

for another week of work
for another week to lurk
on a knife edge in between
what's to come and what has been

on a Tightrope high above
balancing midst push and shove
to return again tonight
to a place of inner light

mind unwinding, letting go
breathing in and out in slow
motion, senses turning in
to see the light that's within