Find Your Victory Edge

Rasp

A bird nearby in a tree

makes a hard-edged

staccato sound,

dawn creeping up,

a rhythm like someone

with a deft stroke

who peels potatoes fast.

It’s a welcoming sound,

high energy,

a grate of industry

first thing on waking,

a preparation

for the sun’s rising.

O, let’s get ready!

It’s more than

a cup of coffee,

standing, looking.

But God knows,

there’s nothing

wrong with that,

either.

To Ponder

1. How do you face the morning? Poorly, with dread and

and an agonizingly slow start? If yes, this message is not

for you.

2. But if in good time, you can wake, there are treasures

that await you in any climate, on any turf.

3. For me, I don’t have to get out of bed to rejoice, at least

when the window’s open.

4. It can be a breeze, a fresh lift, a woman walking to her

car to start it and leave. Movement. Purpose.

Engagement.

5. In this case, it’s a bird, one whose call I’ve never heard,

sending out his hard-edged message of deliverance and

strength.

6. What swift, deft strokes deliver me? Do I have any? Has

anyone noticed? Am I well-equipped?

7. Such as they may be, how will I perfect them with a

clear, unabated energy?

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