Rise From the Earth

As many in the southeast, I am waiting for Isaac.  I pray that everyone will stay out of harm's way through this storm.  On the other hand, it leaves me with time to think and finish poems that I have started. Thi is one of those poems.

Rise from the Earth 

I rise from the earth

Like the redwood

And feel the breeze on my face.

After so much downfall,

I’m finally feeling the triumph

Of a thousand kings.

The rays of the sun

Shine on my face

And grant me all of the hope

That I’ve waited for a lifetime.