Sunrise

Rose-glow seeps into my slow wakefulness

Soft suffusions of a dawning day

Silently

Vermillion valets of the golden sun

Prepare the world anew

For glorious rising

Night darkness gone

Time leaps expectant of the coming morn

Waiting…until

Bright-white bursts the splendour of the day

Illuminating life with light

And God’s fidelity

Bow down my soul

And greet the promised day

Love’s herald

In reverent awe give thanks

And praise!

-Sister Kathleen Lyons, csj