new morning

Today is clear -
fog dissipated
the way it does over the ocean
when heat and sun push through.
A centered mind,
a calm chest,
a heart’s steady beat after aching
over the state of the world.
I wonder what altered -
because nothing
necessarily changed.
Then something tells me
it was time that shifted -
just time.
And I’m grateful for
a clock that ticked in the dark,
leading to this new morning.