Let me see ‘me’ as I really am,
Without these clothes of skin I wear.
Let me know the ‘I’ that lies within,
My spirit stark, my soul stripped bare.

Let me then hold on to all I see
and build upon its very core.
Let me strengthen it with all my might,
with love divine and thoughts so pure.

Let me know each day what should be done
to help me grow from inside out.
Let me only learn of all that’s true,
So of my path I have no doubt.

Let me cast aside what ‘I’ don’t need,
That which in my pathway stands.
Let me shun my ego and false pride,
Until the Lord does take my hand.

Carolyn Grant

Waking Up

Dawn chorus starts the process
Dew forms to fill the cup
As darkness merges into grey
The earth is waking up

The crowing of a cock'rel
The stretching of a pup
As greyness lightens into day
The earth is waking up

Like winter turning into spring
And thirst quenched with a sup
The sun gives us its heat and light
The earth has woken up

Ted Luff