Kim Rodrigues Poet Verse

Awake

Awake, my soul! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.

Psalm 57:8 NIV 

How marvelous to arise from the bedsheets
to sing, O my soul…to awaken the psaltery.

To awake the strings, those melodic strums
of pleasantry, O my heart…to lighten the dusk.

Wake up, O Dawn, I see you in your glory dress.
Sweet sunlight wipes the stars from your eyes.

Awake! Awake…my glee, I’m a child of the King.
Do not the robins, bluejays, and doves sing for me?

Awake, O my soul! Awake! I hit my beat
as my feet dance in the bedroom street.

10/18/2022

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Victor Buhagiar October 19, 2022 at 1:18 AM Incredibly beautiful poem. Praise God every day. Hugs Kim Rodrigues October 19, 2022 at 5:37 AM Thank you, sweet friend! :)

Gershon Wolf October 18, 2022 at 9:01 PM Lovely penned, Kim... No coincidences in life, but last week this psalm of King David's appeared on a page of Talmud I was reviewing, in which he asks God if he isn't a pious king compared to all the others? -- for David rises at midnight to sing God's praises, while the others sleep until the 3rd hour of the morning, i.e., about 8:00 or 9:00 a.m. And there you go! ~ Gershon Kim Rodrigues October 19, 2022 at 5:38 AM Yes, are we ready to praise Him! God bless you, Gershon!

Heidi Sands October 18, 2022 at 4:20 PM I enjoyed this awakening Kim :) Kim Rodrigues October 18, 2022 at 7:13 PM Thank you, Heidi! :) Kim Rodrigues October 18, 2022 at 7:06 PM Thank you, Heidi! :)