Morning Meditation

The morning sun rises
and swipes open your eyes
on her way up, up, up
across the morning sky.

A whole slice of the world
has been given to you,
pieces unseen by others
save only a few.

See, the world she knows
the touch of your hand
and offered herself to you
as would a friend.

She says, “Here are the parts
of me no one else sees;
I entrust them to you,
in this bond I believe.”

Hannah Arin is a junior at Pitzer College pursuing a double major in religious studies and philosophy.