Before The Day-lamp Is Lit

The lamp of day is unlit still; Earth veiled in velvet black

Where soon the hand of heaven will reach down and pull it back

The noise that waits to infiltrate the hush of morning-tide

Is held at bay where time’s new day cradles the countryside

And earth is like a quiet room before the children wake

Dawn’s darkness like a budded bloom before its barriers break

…to yield to nothing but the hour’s thinning ebony

Where morning is a field brimming with flowers none can see

Save He who reaches down and lights the wick that lights our way

 As the kind faithfulness of God turns darkness into day

© Janet Martin

 But let all who take refuge in You be glad,
            Let them ever sing for joy;
            And may You shelter them,
            That those who love Your name may exult in You.      

 For it is You who blesses the righteous man, O LORD,
            You surround him with favor as with a shield.

Psalm 5:11-12