Skipping Stones

Yawn...turn...yawn...blink...sit up...look around...

breathe

stretch

stand

This ritual of rising, awakening, re-acquainting...
Emergence and resurgence
as if the universe is born again
in silence.

In slow, barely perceptible movements,
life re-enters the void,
contrary to the accepted violence,
with patience,
with certainty,
with innocence.

"Where have you been?"
asks the void.

Skipping stones.