(AS AN ADULT)

I NEVER LIKED AWAKENING

I never liked awakening to that Flatt & Scruggs jingle
“Now you bake right with Martha White”
Because that show seemed to cause my mind to mingle
The very best childhood memories with the dreads of night.

The dreads would intertwine and grab things I held dear
And make fragile and delicate the people I most loved
And as the bluegrass strains tugged at my heart and my ear
The morning mind-region with apprehension was gloved.

It is that early dawn when the Morningstar does shine
With emotions so pure and open to sway
That the fragileness of life reflects on all mankind
And we commit to God our loved ones and the day.  

           --Sandra Joan Lee Binkley (5/5/07)