Dawn Magic

I am not adverse to science,

but when I speak of lightening skies

filled with reds, pinks and golds,

of clouds and rippling water,

of silhouetted flocks of gulls,

I do not want to be told

of Rayleigh scattering

or wavelengths of visible light

These things are irrelevant

to the universe of magic:

I have walked

on the beach

at dawn

in Golden Bay.