Sunrise... a poem

Sunrise

I have finally awakened
to sun rays streaming through my windows
beaming on my face
warming my brown skin
hot cocoa on a cold night in.

the light replaced the darkness
it cut through the shadows
brightened the blue-black sky to a golden peach
sweet as the juice on a summer day.

Hope is that ball of fire
burning from the heavens
commanding the night to flee
and dreams to be realized.

I look to the sun
and reach high to the cumulus clouds
I listen to the quiet morning
where night terrors are no more
And the day is waiting.

~cdw~
11/26/13

Say Goodbye to the Air ... a poem

Say Goodbye to the Air

Only one or two more days until
time stands at the station corner – still.
And waits to board that midnight train
leaving Georgia and traveling to North Carolina again.
Until that day, I will patiently sit
and wait for a phone call that I’ll never get –
the call where you bid farewell to me here,
but I know you won’t, so I’ll say goodbye to the air

and hope it finds you there.

~cdw~
February 2009

unspeakable joy ... a poem

unspeakable joy 

when i can't sit still
and my hands begin to wave
my arms start to flail

my right foot stomps the church floor

that's unspeakable joy

the pounding from the floor

echos the pounding in my chest

I've been standing for an hour

but my legs won't stop shaking

the energy of unspeakable joy

i lift my left hand to the steeple

point my index finger to the heavens

tears blur my vision

leaving streaks on my cheeks 

trails of unspeakable joy

when I do lift my voice

it's more like a wail
a cry out to God

a moaning sacrifice of self

sounds of unspeakable joy

words can't tell it

songs can't sing it

stories can't share it

but you can see it

in the trembling lips

the rosy nose

the stained cheeks
the watery eyes

the furrowed brow

the sweat-shiny hairline

that's unspeakable joy

~cdw~
11/03/13