Before the World Wakes By: Sachi Dixit

Before the World Wakes By: Sachi Dixit 

I wake before the house remembers how to move,

before doors open 

before dishes clink 

before anyone calls my name. 

The air is already warm, 

slipping through the window impatiently

Summer doesn’t rush 

It just settles. 

The floorboards are cool under my feet and everything is in slow motion 

like the world hit the do-not-disturb button just for me 

Outside, the light is golden but gentle, stretching across the grass 

touching rooftops softly 

like it doesn’t want to wake them yet. 

Birds softly practicing their harmonies A car passes somewhere far away. 

But inside this moment, nothing is loud 

It’s not a big happiness, 

not fireworks, 

not laughter filling rooms 

It’s the kind that lives in small spaces, 

in quiet mornings, 

in the space between yesterday and today.