I saw the sun the other morning Peeking through a crevasse in the clouds Like a brilliant iris of light, (Too bright to see the color) Staring through the vast, dark grey eyelids. Even when the sun rose to its hidden place Behind the upper mass of moisture, The brightness of that spot drew my […]
Tag: sky
Facets of Fall
How does fall manage to look so pretty Even when the rain permeates the day? I just noticed it this morning— All the brilliant colors in the sunlight Take on a sort of royal austerity When gray sky reigns in the atmosphere. No matter how drab the day feels The colors remind me that time […]
Morning Sky
Fingers of the morning sun pierce the clouds, Like Your hand extended over the landscape, Hovering above us all as sweet reminder of Your goodness, Lord… Your mercy, Lord… Your continual grace that allows us to Begin each new day with Your breath of life. The deeply blue-gray clouds outlined With golden filaments of light […]
Moving On
On a cold May afternoon, When the sky was dark and gray, And my heart was filled with gloom From the long and dreary day, I was waiting for a word In my wrought-up frame of mind, But the message that I heard Said, “Keep moving. There’s no time. Holy Spirit’s on the move Spread […]
Morning Meditations (12/6/10)
Bright sunrise Peeping round the gray clouds, Then bursting forth Against the distantly fading storm, Erasing all the darkness With neon red-orange light, Brightening the winter landscape. Coming day— Fresh promise of hope spilling Over my soul again, Dissolving the crowded angry thoughts Till once more, I find mercy Renewed, gotten, given, Expansive as the […]
Fall Musings
The leaves crunch satisfactorily under my feet As I plod steadily on in the chill wind, Under the multihued grays in the sky overhead. Fall moves forward in its relentless way While I muse silently, slowly, ceaselessly… Somehow, I want my mountains to move, My crooked ways straight, my rough places smooth. Some moments I […]