Any Other Day

Any other day 

could have been filled 

with sunshine or raindrops 

but today is 

not like any other day 

even though filled with 

the decisions of any other day. 

Which mug to fill with tea, 

which task to do, 

which part of life to live, 

which time to be here or there, 

which friends and family to enjoy. 

Any other day 

could have been filled 

with sunshine or raindrops 

but not the same ones that filled this day.

“Don’t count the days, make the days count.”

~ Muhammad Ali

(1942 ~ 2016)

24 Hours

You don’t need to run away

You don’t need to cry

Clouds will do that for you

 Their tears trickle down in 

a fine mist or

       full fat drops

Wind blows them away

  Pushes them onto the next 

prairie or woodland

       mountains or out to sea

the sun is allowed to shine

in skies clear and blue

or velvet black with

        star shine and crescent moon

You don’t need to run away.

You don’t need to cry.

“My courage does not depend on the weather.”

~ Mary Anne Radmacher, author

Behind the Door

A blustery cold day with snow 

not sure it was to be rain or snow

Streets wet and glistening, 

hovering grey clouds, 

soggy piles of multicoloured leaves 

lay exhausted against curbs and fences

In such a walk one never knows 

what’s just around the corner.

Robins, wrens and sunshine behind 

a faerie door! Little people live 

and play inside this gnarled old tree 

with green lawns, bees and wildflowers.

my journey to the library

became a happier mission,

my steps easier, my heart lighter, 

just because of that faerie door.

“Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.”

~ Hans Christian Anderson

Sunshine through the Mist

 

Lingering on the sidewalk,

I saw them smiling up at me,

sunshine faces as a cloud blanket

misted the morning light.

“Why hurry over beautiful things? 

Why not linger and enjoy them?

~ Clara Schumann, musician

(1819 - 1896)

Spring Tease

Sidewalks dry 

down to the cement; 

until they are mushy 

or under water. 

Streets clear and open; 

except for muddy lakes at 

street corners or 

sidewalk to sidewalk. 

The sun was warm, 

the wind - well it was windy
but not full of icy fingers. 

But the sunshine on a bus
full of serious passengers, 

played peek a boo with me 

while her grandparents watched and smiled. 

Probably a year old, 

all dressed in pink, 

she saw me smiling at her.

Her brown eyes twinkled, 

she covered her pudgy face with little fat fingers,  

splayed them into the air and 

we played across the aisle 

while the mud splattered bus rumbled on.

“Although the world is full of suffering,

 it is also full of the overcoming of it.”

~ Helen Keller

Plaid Sunshine

  

Being awed by plaid sunshine

         has little purpose

      but to warm my heart.

“Look at the sunny side of everything.”

~ Christian D. Larson

Sweetness and a Mystery

An Oreo cookie confection at
Elle's Cafe ~ 2811 13th Ave, Regina

Sunshine and errands ~

a matched pair for getting things done.

At days end, it’s time

for an Oreo confection

with a latte, a Louise Penny

mystery, and her Inspector Gamache.

“Just living is not enough…One must have 

sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.

~ Hans Christian Andersen

**A book review in a couple of weeks…….

A New Day

Snow melted away in sunshine strong ~ dust and debris of winter still clings to sidewalks and streets, puffed up clouds ride high while

hot metallic low slung cars, released from winter hideaways, slither between service vans and sedans, sun glints off their brightness 

buses, sidewalks and streets 

fill with springtime throngs ~

down-filled coats, toques, gloves and parkas traded in for shirt sleeves and light jeans.

“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

On an Early Morning Walk - Natural Magic

Risen above the rooftops

  sunshine and frost 

greet one another gently.

“The poetry of earth is never dead.”

~ John Keats

Into the Blue

Before sunshine brightens and

wind strokes trees and flowers

the full moon silvered the world

and shone through my window

lighting the page as I wrote ~

and nestled into the treetops

while the sky softened

into the blue.

“Go slowly, my lovely moon, go slowly.”

~ Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

Summer Satisfaction

Under the bridge of

easy-going clouds and melting sunshine

a swirling lime~pineapple ice cream cone, Irish cream iced coffee and a good book satisfied my afternoon.

“I could never in a hundred 

summers get tired of this.”

~ Susan Branch

After the Rain

 

Sunshine drifts

 rain still drips

“After the rain, the sun will reappear.”

~ Walt Disney

Simplicity

 

Air seems clearer when 

sunshine releases 

ice from shore

Air seems clearer when

a simple thank you

is sufficient.

“Gratitude bestows reverence…changing forever 

how we experience life and the world.”

~ John Milton

Now

Stepping back from 

the brilliant whiteness

that is my future, 

I relax into the sunshine

that is now.

“Nothing ever becomes real ’til it is experienced.”

~ John Keats