Dew in the morning
Burst my slumber, my fitful sleep
Caught me from numbness,
Unseeing eyes
Dulled senses
Forced sight, new perception
Discernment, grace
Gasp, wonderment
Out my door;
Vivid, to be seen,
Felt, experiences
As if for the first time
A silence, a stillness,
Not in the scene; but in me
Woke me more than the sun
Had stirring me from sleep
7 am and
My world awakes;
There’s dew in the morning.
Rush of rich, deep color,
Eyes drink in the snapshots, slides,
A recurring refrain -
Dew in the morning
Allowing me to see
All of nature, the vista before me,
Alive then, as they had been all along;
Whispering a secret
Through my new sight
A carpet of moss
Softened by the morning mist,
God’s breath
Trapped on the needles,
The hairs of each one
Small, private, spider webs
In the yard before my feet
Caught pearls of dew,
Fine tapestry, embroidery,
Outlining their maker’s artistry.
Every tip of the serrated, saw-toothed,
Wild strawberry leaves is gilded
With a morning’s tear.
New birch leaves
Are ever greener.
Their skin and veins
More animated
in the warm-morning light
The crown of each green
Blueberry clutches, caresses,
Lovingly, gently,
A single living dewdrop.
Panes of mica in the stones,
The granite underfoot
Hold a special sheen.
Reflecting the warming light
My world is brighter, more vivid,
And I am alive
When there is
Dew in the morning.
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edited
April 7, 2018
Dew
in the Morning – v5
(editing
original again)
edited April
7, 2018
dew in the
morning – 2 – v2
April 7, 2018
dew in the morning - 2
Psalm 133
“A Pilgrim Song of David” (The Message)
The
Upper Room Disciplines for 2018
“An Easter People”
April
2, 2018 to April 8, 2018
Hannah
Dreitcer with Andrew Dreitcer
devotion
for April 7, 2018
read April 7,
2018
&
edited
January 4, 2016
Dew
in the Morning – v4
(merging
edits to version 3 and version 2)
edited
January 4, 2016
Dew
in the Morning – Resurrection – v3
(editing
original again)
edited
January 4, 2016
Dew
in the Morning – v3
(editing
original again)
edited
December 23, 2015
Dew
in the Morning – Resurrection – v2
edited
December 19, 2015
Dew
in the Morning – v2
Edits
started 2/7/04 15:12 - 15:18
Edits
2/10/04 17:45 – 18:15
Written
June 18, 2000
Dew
in the Morning – Resurrection
posted
February 10, 2004
Written
June 18, 2000, over the course of the day
Dew
in the Morning
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