The sonnet, titled “In the Morning, Lord, I Lay My Voice Before You and Wait Expectantly” (Psalm 5:3), is a poetic reflection of Psalm 5:3, capturing the themes of morning prayer, eager anticipation, and trust in Christ’s sovereign response to prayers, whether “yes or no.” Written in a traditional sonnet form with an ABBA rhyme scheme and iambic pentameter, it uses vivid imagery of dawn, flight, and light to depict a gender-neutral speaker’s spiritual journey. The speaker offers fervent prayers at dawn, seeking Christ, King of Kings, with trust and humility. Their soul finds peace and strength in His mercy, and they wait expectantly for His answer, trusting His sovereign hand. The final stanza emphasizes Christ as their “hope and radiant stay,” culminating in the soul soaring in hope, enveloped by His love, likened to a dawn. The sonnet unifies these themes through recurring motifs of light (“dawn’s first glow,” “heaven’s light,” “His love, a dawn”) and ascent (“takes flight,” “soars,” “like incense rise”), reflecting the Psalm’s focus on morning devotion and expectant faith.

In dawn’s first glow, their prayer to God takes flight,
A fervent cry, with hope and faith it soars,
Their voice, in quiet trust, seeks heaven’s light,
Laying their heart’s deep longings at Christ’s doors.

At morn they rise, their pleas like incense rise,
Seeking the Christ whose mercy streams like flame,
With humble words, no shadow veils their cries,
They rest in grace where sacred beams proclaim.

No falsehood stains the prayers they softly weave,
Their soul laid bare to Jesus’ holy gaze,
In reverent peace, their fears find sweet reprieve,
They find their strength in Him through radiant days.

Christ, King of Kings, their hope and radiant stay,
They wait with longing hearts for answered prayer,
Yes or no, His sovereign hand they bear,
His love, a dawn, their soul in hope will soar.