Writing in Snow

Gratitude List and Poem

Jamál (Beauty), 14 Asmá’ (Names) 175 B.E. - Sunday, September 2, 2018

Gratitude List for 14 Asmá’.

Today I am thankful...
          ...that, on September 1, I was one of the random A Week of 18 winner.
          ...for the chocolate covered doughnuts I have to go with my morning coffee.
          ...that my Bank of America checking account is not overdrawn today.
          ...that I have 3,03,644 GPs in my Gift Points account.
          ...for the Merit Badges I received today.

Wake Up Call1

Wanting the sun's healing touch,
the pain
in my right knee
wakes me on cold mornings.

I get up,
see the face of morning
in the rising sun,
hear the voice of dawn
in Las Vegas' collective yawn,
and taste
the sun's warm kisses
in hot sips
of black coffee.

Poet's Note: ▼

I wrote this on 14 Ilm 161 B.E. The inspiration was dawn.

Footnotes
1  I posted this on Poet 999 - A Butterfly Emerges from Her Cocoon.