I am
awake!
And the sun
is rising!
Behind
heavy clouds,
and then back
into open, blue sky –
the sun is always
moving, like me
because it is living
like me.
The sun
has not always risen,
and one day
like me
it will die.
There was a time
when both of our matter
was constellated
in other forms
and beings;
and one day
our matter
will rearrange
yet again:
the sun
will become
a red giant
next,
and I
will become
indistinguishable
from the Earth,
the food
of life
to come,
the completion
of the circle
of time
for another
turning.
But today,
I am me –
and I am
awake!
And the sun
is rising!
May I be
intentional
with the gift
of this day.
May gratitude
guide my words
and actions.
May the expansion
of Love
be
my legacy.
And may I inhabit
the strengths
of this body,
this being,
this form,
that I may relish
and use them well
while I
am here.
Discover Your Passage 
