Good Day Hatching

The early morning silence of a well earned day off. the long slow stripes of sunlight and shadow cross the patio floor, tiger like, at sunrise giving promise of a glorious day. The anticipation of possibilities etched with the shadows of long deferred tasks, the urgency of yesterday almost forgotten, but still nagging at the edges and threatening to show up tomorrow. But now, a favorite cat sleeps in a pool of sunlight on the driveway, a lone bicyclist peddles down the street, silence broken only by an occasional bird I can almost capture the joyful optimism that came with days like this so many years ago