Morning Prayer Poem by Ludvig Von Himmelstein

I get up before you
Spirit that guides me
Angel who looks down from above
I was distraught
I was fearful
My G_D what was I thinking of

Well you showed me your leopard
You showed me your eagle
Your lion and your deer
Instead of taking a lesson
I ran away
I ran away in fear

You see the lessons
were too great
I did not want to saturate
There was so much I could take
And I became a prisoner
A prisoner of an evening
And was about to be undone

But then You flew open
my shutters and
shined in your sun
I forgot my terror
the terror of the evening
when fear eclipsed the sun

So i get up before you
As light as a leopard
strong as a lion
swift as a deer with
the vision of an eagle
a new day has begun