For the Artist at the Start of the Day

May morning be astir with the harvest of night;
Your mind quickening to the Eros of a new question,
Your eyes seduced by some unintended glimpse
That cut right through the surface to a source.
May this be a morning of innocent beginnings,
When the gift within you slips clear
Of the sticky web of the personal
With its hurt and it haunting
And fixed fortress corners,
A morning when you become a pure vessel
For what wants to ascend from silence,
May your imagination know
The grace of perfect danger,
To reach beyond imitation,
And the wheel of repetition,
Deep into the call of all
The unselfish and unsolved
Until the veil of the unknown yields
And something original begins
To stir toward your senses
And grow in your heart
In order to come to birth
In a clean line of form,
That claims from time
A rhythm not yet heard
That calls space to
A different shape
May it be its own force field
And dwell uniquely
Between the heart and the light
To surprise the hungry eye
By how deftly it fits
About its secret loss

To Bless the Space Between Us
A Book of Blessings
by John O'Donohue: His Last Book and Legacy