INHERITANCE PRICELESS

The day is coming in
From three a.m. to five
It moved so slowly
My night dues have been paid
Meeting the morning I live again

I can’t tell you how happy I am
To see this new exquisite day
Not worn thin by the disarray
We choose to call “yesterday”
It comes to me fresh aright
God’s mandate: “Let there be Light!”
We have been gifted with a new day!

I count my blessings careful to write
Forgetting the anxieties of the night
Blessed light to appreciate and savor
Blessed light spotlights and favor
I fully embrace my rare uncommon lot
To live in this moment unbegot
No, it will never come again
We, inherited a New Day, my friend!

Earthene Fleming
September 23, 1980