Heart-Opening

I looked into the delight
of a deep blue bay
rolling forever
on endless shores,
I looked into the silence
of a radiant sky
unfurling herself
to every passer by,
and I said to myself
that it wasn't time -
no, not as yet,
to be baptized
by the kiss of rain
and drops of dew
snuggling against
my tender skin,
it wasn't time -
not as yet,
to be coaxed into
the alluring dance
of a butterfly in rapture,
nor was it time
to be shattered open
by the wake up call
of a giving sun;
it was after all
a time to rest,
to feel the pain
of remaining a bud
and becoming a flower.