Morning Prayer

I go to bed every night after I pray Let peace embrace me while I’m asleep Let the morning light show me the way Of my journey for I have promises to keep. My sleep breaks every morning when I hear The first sound of a couple of grey pigeon From the nest made outside a window near I know it’s time to get up, take the day on. I see a slice of sky through the window Emerge from the veil of night as a shy dawn Changing color by minutes from gray to yellow As the sun slowly rises touching the horizon. A divine ecstasy flutters like a bird in my mind As I see the rising sun spreading golden ray Striking my eyes it makes me almost blind With the eyes closed I welcome the new day. Mind sunk in stillness I pray in deep meditation Let the darkness within me be lighted by the sun Let the new day be filled with blissful elation And into a good human being to you all I turn. December 22, 2017.