O Gracious Morning

O gracious, gracious morning
Misty, murmuring sweet with rainfall
Blessing
Of cool serenity.
Pooling drops baptize from leafy limbs
That rise and fall, rise and fall
With every gentle breath of winsome
Wandering wind.
Breathe on us, God, how thankful
Are we, how blessed
Are we
That You make Your rain to fall
And sun to shine
On good and bad
Alike

By Linda Abner

(Linda Abner is a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Indianapolis.) †