Robert Brown, Army Surgeon, Botanist, Fellow of The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, Woke Up One Morning

Dust reflecting light,
a liquid presence of moving white stars
burning bright and pleasantly vanishing,
the harmonious tide swirling gently and tolerantly
Unmindful of the watcher,
unconcerned with the world's monocotyledons and British Museums and shipwrecks and obscure species of Australian flora

A window, a beam of light,
and the earth dancing up to meet the sun.

Oct 22 2008