First Light Declaration

Deliver me to the Dawn

Let the rays be caught within me

Through this daily miracle

I can be a work of art.

What is human flesh

A crude and empty vessel

But the capacity for brilliance

is waiting to be filled.

Deliver me to the Dawn

Let a sight too perfect to be seen

Be found within me

and be reflected upon others.

What is perfection

A warm and well-trod road

that cannot be walked to the end

But can be journeyed upon

Deliver me to the Dawn

Let me be more like sold gold

Fortify my soul

So I am less like frozen glass

What is brittle

can become strong

and what is transparent

can become alive.

Deliver me to the Dawn

Let my sparkling glass body

Be filled with morning light

and let me shine throughout the day.