Morning Prayer for the Dreamer

As you wake each day
wondering what lays ahead in the hours between
stepping your feet down to the floor
and tucking in back under the covers 
before the day has moved ahead
on it's own timetable
and you wonder
how you will navigate 
your way through
other people's needs, wants and ideas

Think first of yourself
That is the foundation from which
your true path will reveal itself

Pull yourself from complacency
and ground, bury your roots deep
in the rich earth
in the connections between all things

This life-force energy 
must be taken and cradled
with sobriety and sincerity
as you observe 
if you are standing tall in your dreams
or trying to conform to someone else's

If there is sadness
and powerlessness to uncouple
from a lost dream
it is time to walk away from
anything
that does not intensely
beat with your heart

Let go of the shame
​release and be free