newborn light

[Gabrielle Dean]

For the freshness of this new day 

thanks be to you, O God.

For morning's gift of clarity

its light like the first day's dawn

thanks be to you. 

In this newborn light

let us see afresh.

In this gateway onto what has never been before 

let our soul breathe hope 

for the earth 

for the creatures 

for the human family. 

Let our soul breathe hope. 

     

John Philip Newell, Praying with the Earth

Xanthorrhea (grass tree) after the rains