Dear Morning,

One little tidbit you may not know about me- I majored in poetry, of all things, in college. But I don't think I've actually sat down just to write a poem since, which was almost 10 years ago now! (damn, those white hairs I'm getting ain't lyin...)

So it was a pretty strange experience of having, what appears to be a poem, literally spill out of me this morning, from nowhere, for no reason. I felt compelled to write and a poem came out.

And since poems are meant for sharing, it felt right to share it here with you!

And now, for something completely different (if you get that reference, you're tops in my book!)

Dear Morning,

I like you slow and easy,

just like this,

so I can settle down

into you.

Curl into your crevices and

open space.

So I can revel, for awhile,

in daydream

and possibility.

I like you curtained in fog, wrapped

in cozy mystery,

as crows call out to each other, their sounds

echoing off the corners

where land, mountain and an opaque sky

meet.

 

I like you clear and early,

stained with moonshine and jet trails,

colored in a cotton candy glow,

your arms outstretched and

open wide, receiving,

forgiving,

just waiting for us.

 

I like you with rain pattered windows,

blanketed in warmth,

tangled up in sheets so soft I want to be held hostage

by them,

greeted with purrs, wet

nuzzled noses,

a scruffy kiss goodbye.

 

Dear Morning,

I like you,

just like this.

A quiet pause.

A reverberation.

A brand new day.

 

-Jena Coray

Comments

[Nicole]

<3 Lovely!

[Liz]

Beautiful!

[drsmoothdeath]

wonderful!!

[Miss Modish]

Aw, thanks friends!! :)

[Clara]

BEST! Love!

[Eliquid]

That’s so lovely.

[Down and Out Chic]

Beautiful poem Jena! That was a joy to read.

[Paige]

Wow. Maybe you should try to find a little time to write more poems now and then! I loved this one, especially the first paragraph, because it is me! I must, in order to have a great day, enter it slowly and gently. Wonderful writing, and thank you for sharing it with the world!

[Miss Modish]

Aw, thanks so much Paige! So glad you enjoyed it :) I will try to write more. Nice to know you feel the same way about your mornings! I love them so. Happy weekend!

[Lu Tinson]

This is simply beautiful. I can taste the type of owning you describe and it's refreshing and hazy and calm and beautiful. What a fantastic poem to be able to taste a feeling. I also love and write poetry for my own pleasure :)

[Lu Tinson]

*morning, not owning....!!