Wednesday, November 23, 2022

When You Awaken (JM)

(Joseph MacRae, November 23, 2022, day before Thanksgiving; related image here.)


When You Awaken



Return, O my soul, to your tranquility,

for the LORD has been good to you

–Psalm 116:7



It’s a good day

when you awaken

alive and able.


Thank God for the present,

a gift of another day.

As my Mama liked to say,


probably still likes to say --

sewing and singing

up there in Heaven.


Use this moment

wisely, she'd remind.

Keep the faith.


When the evening comes

thank God for His gift,

a day well spent. 


May God bless us as we sleep,

      and awaken us to yet

           another day.




*From prompt: written as part of a letter; from Daisy Barrett Nash's Writers At Play (Letterwriting Series), November 23, 2022.


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