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grateful morning
nearly all my life
have awakened happy
my years of questioning
the attributes of God
have turned into a lifetime
of recognizing i – and no one –
is large enough to state
an absolute definition
but those years of questioning
the existence of God
were always dissolved
by realizing i would have no one
to thank for morning
gold-orange slithers
golden orange slithers
between pine needles
creating a bold lace
sunrise finds glorious
myriad ways
to awaken us
to possibilities
to try again
celebration, even in pain
celebration, even in pain
warms the soul, gives hope
opens the heart to the love
and comfort others would give
we have drunk full
An original love poem by MaryJane Nordgren
we have drunk full, my love
swelled with the rynthm of incoming waves pounding earthly shore
connecting anemone, zebra,
and human
we have felt the tumult
of birthing waves roiled by breezes, currents, tides
our peace landed in stars
we have known
hovering, intense sky
algid, bleak, raw cold
embrittled bare twigs scratching
at ice-laced windows when frost
has cemented each breath of life
and each inhalation burned
you reached out
reminding me that love
like life
is gift watched over by angels
my love, we have drunk the wind