This little poem was commissioned by soprano Kira Rugen for an artsong by composer Ola Gjeilo.  This was a difficult piece to write for me.  I was going through some tough times personally, and I just wasn’t feeling the redemptive themes she and Ola wanted.  I went through many dreary drafts.  Then I remembered a passage from a gospel tune (based on Psalm 30) my late wife listened to for inspiration during her battle with cancer-”Don’t be discouraged:/ Joy comes in the morning!”.  That phrase, joy comes in the morning, was inscribed on a ring my wife gave me, a gift that I did not receive until after she had died. It’s a powerful reminder of a greater purpose at work in our lives, and once again it gave me the inspiration to get through a difficult time in my life. And enabled me to write this poem.

INTO THE MORNING

© 2010 by Charles Anthony Silvestri

Darkness is a sacred cloak

Enveloping the soul,

As it does the earth,

In spacious, velvet night;

And the spark within

Remains eternal, true

An assurance of the Joy

Forever borne by dark

Into the morning.

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