When I Wake
A new day begins before I'm awake the sunrise yields a sky full of color While on my pillow I forsake busy for restful slumber Beyond the mortal gates of time into a calming space Where there's no mortal by design disturbing my wishful place My body relaxes my breathing soothes the intricate places within My eyes lids close, now rest my soul, releasing all of my moods Which gather frequent through the day upon the thoughts I think Sleeping sends them all away for tomorrow not to sync To allow a beginning thought to find it's way ahead Visions of a day where taught think better than what's preset For you to gather once again a string of worded times And sit to think how life has been for you through all your designs Leave the past where it belongs look forward to the journey To fill with visions and with song the day which is opening to me God rest my soul this sacred place where all I love can gather And still itself upon time's race to sort what truly matters In an...