Sun Rise
I waited for you today.
Many days I ignore you
Unaware of your rhythm
Except to complain of your excess
Heat that burns my comfort
And drives me indoors.
But not today, I waited.
Standing in the chill
Moving for a better glimpse
I willed the churning earth
To spin toward you, impatient
That you would fit into my sense of time.
Every day I wait.
I just don’t know it when
I lay my life out by
Calendar and clock that tell me
How to live this journey in
Broken, segregated, hurried chunks.
Hurried by my devices, I wait.
I follow them as they mark
The long wait for eternity.
Enterprise and noise fill the mind
And senses forget where the life is found
The Source of all real living.
But today I know why
I wait behind the burgundy clouds
Straining to glimpse the glory untouchable
That you reflect in your brilliance
Gift essential to all of life
Pointing to the greater Majesty.