UP IN TMORNING...ON MYWAY...

Each day’s emancipation

from the clutches of sleep

is a blessing; and so it is

this praised morning.

 

Through clear glass

sliding doors, hungry

morning eyes fill themselves

with a majestic evergreen---

Atop its fecal crusted dome,

three regally poised blackbirds

survey nature’s sublime scene---

Satisfied that all is well,

they gracefully flew away---

Swaying to and foe

in a synchronized aerial ballet.

 

Silver blue skies, polka dotted 

with ivory clouds, formed a canopy

over this serene canvas of nature:

reflected by the golden rays of a new sun.

 

Suddenly, without invitation,

rain invades the scene.

Is the devil beating his wife?

 

Reflecting on life, I smiled

and whispered to myself:

“shame the devil and tell the truth---

 

In the midst of scorn, trials and tribulations,

we must begin each day with the flames

of faith, hope and victory forever burning before us;

determined that raindrops of terror will not spoil

our parade along the jubilee journey: No way!