Thanks.

Thanks

for this blue-sky, cloud-scudded, leaf-swaying day,

this glistening, sparkling, sun-filled day,

this dappled, shade-strewn, patterned day,

this magnolia-blooming, freesia-littered, plum-blossoming day,

this bud-swelling, bird-singing, spring-cool fresh day,

this day that turns its back on winter’s cold,

this day of growth, colour and warmth,

this day of birth and laughter and song,

this tender day, this day of beginnings,

this lung filling, mind uplifting, joyous day,

this day when the heart swells and hope, like sap, rises,

this day when the world seems bright and light-

yes, thanks for the glory of this day.

First published in Verse-Virtual, March 2018