The Awakening

This final morning at South Beach is - I'm not quite sure what it is. I sat in my usual way and became aware of the division between earth and sky. To my right, a small sliver of light showed in the beginning and gradually increased as time passed. The black sky turned lighter, into a dark gray, as the light streak widened. Still, even now, it is dark. But all along the separation line there is activity. To my left there are channel marker lights flashing red and green and one that is a still white light marker. A flashing white light is probably from the lighthouse on Tybee Island? Savannah? There are lights from buildings on the shore across Calibogue Sound from me that appear to be flashing as the pine trees sway in the wind. Yesterday's stormy wind and rain has ended. Despite the lights I mention, it is truly dark and only now beginning to be light enough for the separation to be gone. It is as though the darkness has lifted and left a oneness of earth and sky. The shrimp boat hasn't yet come by. Perhaps he is staying in on Saturday? Perhaps bad weather is expected? Perhaps he's caught his limit? Is there a limit?
Now the separation between earth and sky has returned with the early morning light turning everything gray but the sky lighter than the water. Now I can see the waves breaking on the shore. Now the awakening has occurred. When? I missed it.