This poem was written by Martha Smock (1913–1984) who served as editor of Unity's Daily Word® magazine for 35 years.

Easter is the morning light.

Easter is the day.

Easter is the morning of our life; it is the morning of our soul.

Easter leaves the dead past behind; it bursts the bonds and sets us free from old imprisonments.

Easters leaves the night behind; it dispels the darkness, the sadness, the fears.

Easter us a new life forming; it is a new world dawning.

Easter transforms mourning to morning.

Easter lifts us up; it resurrects us into new ways of thinking and feeling.

Easter proclaims the living Christ come forth.

Easter rejoices the heart; it exalts the spirit; it is a time of joy; it is a time of glory.

Easter releases a resurrecting spirit into the world.

Easter quickens an awareness of the living Christ, of His healing Spirit.

Easter is life eternal; Easter is eternal life.

Easter is a time of healing, a time when the sick take up their beds and walk at the healing touch of the living Christ.

Easter is a song of joy—a song that echoes and re-echoes through the soul, a song of   power, a song of praise, a song triumphant.

Easter is a day, yet more than a day. It is a commemoration of a morning 2,000 years ago when the women coming to the tomb found the Lord, risen. It is a present realization of the living Lord, risen in our midst.

Easter is the morning of our world.

Easter is the past left behind.

Easter is the heart lifted, the mind stirred to greatness of thought.

Easter is Truth resurrected; it is doubt overcome.

Easter is healing taking place.

Easter is fear put to rout.

Easter is the dawning of the light in us that “lighteth every man, coming into the world.”

Easter is life victorious over death.

Easter is eternity set in our heart.

Easter is our answer to darkness.

Easter is Christ resurrected in us.

Easter is our glory!