I've always liked the time before dawn.

When the sky's still waking up from slumber and the only sound heard is the soothing chirping of morning birds and the faint rustling of leaves as a gentle wind blows by.

While the whole world seems to be under cover of the deep blanket of sleep and I am the only one awake in this vast kingdom with no one to remind me who I am supposed to be so it's easier to remember who I am.

There's no sound of traffic from the streets and no chatter of humans.

It feels as if I'm one with nature as peace engulfs my soul in a warm hug.

The sky changes its shade by each passing minute as it transitions from a vivid black to lighter hues of purple and blue until the soft yellow rays of sunshine shyly peek through the gaps between the clouds bathing the earth in its golden glow.

It feels as if the greatest artist is painting with the sky as his canvas.

Every stroke of his brush creates an ethereal combination of shades which no eye ever sees at any other time of the day.

It feels as if the earth is standing still and time has been frozen/ earth has stopped spinning and time is standing still and I have millions of opportunities to do whatever I want and be myself with no fear of being judged by the opinion of others.

- A.M.K.

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