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The rays of the sun take
eight minutes
to travel the ninety-three million miles
it takes to reach Earth.
They are already coming –
have been for millions of years.

In the very beginning,
the first time the sun ever fired up
when the planets
were just figuring out their orbits,
the world was dark for eight minutes.

But back then there was no one to wish
for the light.
No one to turn their
eyes to the sky and hope.
The oceans
existed only as vapor drifting through
the infant air.
Lava covered most of
our surface.

But is it possible to think
that when the sun's light first
touched
the soil
and water
and fire
the tiniest of bacteria felt
its warmth,
stretched out his little
flagella
and smiled?

© 2007