New Mercies Bloom in Morning Light

8×10 print of “New Mercies Bloom in Morning Light”

Poem included in package.

dawn breaks

the dew sparkles as it catches the sun’s rays

the air is crisp

fresh

I breathe in

hold

breathe out

I didn’t even realize I had closed my eyes 

but they’re open now

this morning brings tenderness 

yet refreshment

a clean start

I feel the love of the Creator as a tingle

in my fingertips

how could I forget that love’s faithfulness? 

my fingers itch to remember this 

this renewal 

my eyes turn to the tulips

opening in this new light 

I pick them by their stems 

bring them inside

and preserve them in a vase 

a marker of remembrance on my kitchen table

that new mercies bloom in morning light