The Beauty of the moment

The sun drops from the sky to touch the horizon 

And the waves lap the shore in surrender 

And I am owed nothing from this life

But I do owe it to myself 

To pull the covers from my eyes

And see beauty

I know where the tide is taking me 

I’ve felt it’s pull on my heart

I need to surrender to this as well

The beauty of the moment 

Parallels the beauty of a life that awaits me

If I choose to live awake 

In the truth that has been tugging 

I keep chasing the sunset 

Instead of slowing down to see it move toward me 

How it lights not only the sky

But the shoreline of my life 

How it extends beyond the edge of the earth 

To the corners of my soul 

Reflecting the choice that I know is right.