Inkpen Poetry Day: Awaken the Dawn

Hello everyone! Sorry it's been awhile since I've posted. Life has been crazy since wisdom-teeth and now my graduation coming up tomorrow. I've written the speech, and I think it's a pretty good one. :) At least passable if not *good*. After I deliver it, I will post it on here for you guys to read and tell me what you think. :) Anyway, this morning was absolutely drop dead gorgeous. So beautiful it gave me a queer ache and almost made me want to cry.

And when I get that queer ache, it means a poem is coming on. And it just so happened that the past few times I've read a Psalm before bed, I always seem to come across the phrase "I will awaken

the dawn". And since I actually was awake to watch the awakening of the dawn this morning, a poem grew out of it, so here it is! :) Enjoy! (photo is courtesy of Google images. :)

"Awaken the Dawn"

By Rachel Heffington

The east began blushing behind the trees

While the moon hung over the lea

And the velvet of night turned to sapphire hue

Like the blue of a newborn sea.

No breeze cared to move the whispering leaves

But they whispered themselves alone

And the first rays of sun kissed the cool of the morn

Before mounting the aerial throne.

The dew-spangled grass glittered pure and unspoilt

As if hundreds of diamonds were strewn,

Or like dozens of tears had been carefully dropped

From the pearlescent eyes of the moon.

Blue shadows hung shyly beneath the boughs

Of the emerald, sylvan-king;

The ancient pine swayed and held his court

With the swallows on the wing.

With a glorious, final shout of gold

The sun was now enthroned

While the world rejoiced like a sinner saved

That the night's dark was atoned.