The Sunny Day

The Sunny Day

The day is warm and light and lively.

Clouds drift, and the sun shines brightly.

The rose still climbs to the highest trellis;

With every breeze, fragrance flows boundless,

And the day is light and lively.

My life is warm and light and lively.

Clouds drift, and the sun shines brightly.              

My dreams still climb to the highest crest.

Time’s lessons teach I’m boundlessly blessed.  

And my life is light and lively.

Dance on glad heart and continue praising.

The blessings God sends remain amazing.

Our fate is fixed to our attitude.

Greet each day then with gratitude.

Most days will be light and lively. 

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Looking for a creative idea to strike for a new poem, I decided to write about the rain - since we've had so much of it lately. But the storming session wasn't going so well. Having been told once (or maybe I read it somewhere) that to write good poetry, you had to read good poetry; I searched out some other rain rhymes. It didn't take long to run across "The Rainy Day" bu Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, one of my all-time favorite poets. What an awesome of written art! I love the poem and I get all the nuances; but at the time it made me feel depressed. "My life is cold and dark and dreary..." I am having enough of a battle trying to pull myself out of fatigue and downheartedness without being pulled further down due to being able to relate to his every word. I didn't want to write something gloomy, even if the last verse gives hope. I wanted to write something upbeat and happy! That's when the inspiration finally hit. I would write a contrasting spin-off of Longfellow's poem! I would claim joy in life! He wrote the masterpiece, "The Rainy Day." I give you my humble, juxtaposed poem, "The Sunny Day." I hope you enjoy it!
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Thank you, Lord, for the sunny days and the rain. Thank You for the blessings You pour down upon us and the love You send shining down to us. May we learn to rejoice in each moment. ~ Amen