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