Christmas Eve Morning

This morning, I woke up from what I'm not entirely sure was sleep and saw through my window shades, a small, blood-orange sphere, and I was excited to have woken up early enough to watch the sun rise for the first time in a while.  I hopped out of my bed, lifted the shades, and stood there facing the sunrise, standing in awe of God, singing to myself, "this is the day that the LORD has made!"  I then began to notice the arrangement of colors of the sunrise and related them to images of some of my favorite treats, then I wrote a poem:

Desserted Skies

Through the chocolate trees swaying in the breeze,
my eyes beheld
a baklava sunrise- crepe paper clouds-
with caramel!

I stared in awe until my eyes
could no longer bear the bright sunrise
peeking through an oreo slit
between two gray-cloud wafers
the cream filling stayed lit
but for a time, as sunrises do,
searching for sweeter slits to shine through.

Thank You, LORD, for Your blessings,
especially for my eyes
to view Your creativity,
every morning- Your desserted skies!

Shannon McClure
12/24/09 7:20 am (revised 11:45 pm)

It's almost midnight, which means it's almost Christmas Day!  Merry Christmas! :)