Good morning, God <br />in this picture-book, pre-work moment. <br /> <br />Look at that pair of yellow-billed kites <br />playing in the thermals <br />above the traffic <br />with the grace and spirit <br />you gave them. <br />Is that the way they greet you at the start of every day? <br /> <br />See the elegant curve of those palm branches <br />reaching towards you <br />in the blueness of beyond <br />then bowing in submission. <br /> <br />Your smiley-face sun is summer-warm <br />and reflects in the faces of pedestrians <br />sporting sunshine, sea and pasture colours <br />and walking with the lightness of summer in their step. <br /> <br />You see, God, I am on my way to the stables to see Flicka <br />before work today as well as after <br />- but you know that, don't you? - <br />However, I know you'll forgive my irrepressible chatter. <br /> <br />You see, you have painted such an uplifting day <br />that I can't contain my exuberance about it. <br /> <br />And in a few minutes <br />I'll see Flicka <br />- watching me from afar - <br />- wondering if it's me - is it? isn't it? - <br />then as I get nearer - <br />that indescribable moment of recognition - <br />in his stance - <br />the carriage of his head - <br />the pricking of his ears - <br />and when I am close enough to see - the glow in his eyes. <br />And then, our long hello <br />that only he and I can understand - and you too God, I suppose. <br /> <br />God, thank you for this sunflower morning. <br />It is a luxurious cushion for my broken heart. <br /> <br />(4 January 2002)<br /><br />Diana van den Berg<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/good-morning-god-3/
