Morning Prayer

Thank you God for watering me,

Thanks for my vines so strong,

For a place to cling in the sunlight,

For tendrils that curl to hold on.

For this gate in the shade of a mulberry tree

Where people pass by and through,

Where my colors bring joy to others 

And cause praise to rise to you.

Thank you for bees and butterflies.

Thank you for children's noses

That visit me here and love me 

As they do the prettiest posies.

Thanks for rain that falls softly.

Thank you for peace in the night

When I close my heart and rest from my work

And wait for next morning's light.