Sunbeam

Like a cat
Lounging in a late afternoon sunbeam
Posed upon the recliner
Soaking up the warmth
That radiates through my skin

As  a child
I used to chase sunbeams
Whilst the particles of dust danced within them
And the colors of the rainbow that hung upon its edges

I used to try and capture the sunbeam 
To reach out and touch them
Not to capture or imprison
But in order to communicate with them

Like a cat
Mesmerized by the beam
Sensing within the unseen
Like a cat
Stretched out in the beam
 transformed perhaps a tad

Awakening, like a child
To the Warmth
Coming into existence
In the joy
Stretching in the security

Like a cat
I lay and rest
Content to be on the journey
Content to be coming home

(Tulip Days, June 2020-Februry 2021)