Sunshine Unbidden - A Poem by J.A. McCormick

Sunshine unbidden
​Comes streaming through my window
And wakes me
From dreams too few,
Its rays warming
The empty places 
Of my solitary room
With unexpected, microscopic 
Messengers of hope.
The photons,
Like forest nymphs
Mingle with the muted, manly
Greys and browns and blues
Changing desk and appliance
Into stately tree 
And sparkling fern 
Covered with dew.
A fleeting morning miracle
Visits in the first few glimpses 
Of sleep-filled eyes
And warms 
This weary knight
To distant quests 
Still miles
Beyond the enchanted forest
Of love-filled sunrise.