When I Rise

When I rise Early in the morning My mind is spinning with thoughts You ask me "How can you be so energetic?" I have no answer I feel like I have always embraced the morning When I go to bed I fall asleep instantly This gift has granted me my sanity My mind feels fresh Ideas flow like water from my soul I am anxious to put pen to paper Or should I say finger to screen Paper seems a lifetime ago I never know which path my mind will take My mood and inspiration ever changing Drawn to the past or present Perhaps to a future I previously never imagined Sometimes experiencing sadness, but never for long Enough time spent there in earlier life When I look back at the stages of my life I feel I have lived many lives Somehow through all of them, I have arrived here The reconstituted me Almost unrecognizable from the earlier evaporated self Confidence where none previously existed Joy replacing fear No more pretending, I can be me I don't have to wear a perpetual smile I have permission to cry Laughter now flows from deep within me Love is no longer something to be protected from My heart is vulnerable and safe Now when I rise I look at you and I am thankful I was made to be with you You know the past present and the potential of me You smile And I know it is going to be another good day