The darkness of the earliest dawn awakens me this morn <br />A call to pray for someone in need, a person in pain; <br />I hear a bird chirping loudly as if trumpeting his own horn <br />Telling me my early morning prayer is someone else's gain. <br /> <br />Wake up! Wake up and hear what I say; it is, I, the Lord <br />Speaking to you in the early morning rising this day; <br />Lift to Me your brothers and sisters in prayerful accord <br />And I will bless them and you in the best possible way. <br /> <br />Listen to the birds of the air as they sing their songs of praise <br />See the beauty of each unfolding flower I created for your sight; <br />Feel the gentle rains cool the heat of the sun's powerful rays, <br />See that nature's replenishing speaks of my power and might. <br /> <br />It is for you I have created the ebbs and flows of the blue sea <br />It is for you I gave my only Son life, death, and heaven's key. <br />His rising from death to Resurrection is a foretaste of your own <br />Your own life's length on earth, only to Me, is known. <br /> <br />Heed what I say and be attentive to the silence in your heart <br />Where I speak to you when you permit Me entrance there <br /> Teaching you lessons in life and sufficient graces to impart <br />For your journey toward heaven through my loving care. <br /> <br />Wake up! Wake up and hear what I say! <br />I could come for you today.<br /><br />Carmela Patterson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/wake-up-73/
