Discovering Sunshine - A Poem

Discovering Sunshine

Cover the sun, and what’ve you got?

A dreadfully dreary, cloudy, grey spot

But what if you could uncover the light?

Who wouldn’t seek after this kind of might?

Dispelling the greyness, day in and day out

You’d be quite a hero, I have no doubt

Or what if instead of making it show

You carried some sunshine wherever you go?

Light fills up your soul and comes out every pore

For you to be with them, folks would implore

They may not know from whence your light comes

But I doubt they much care if you’re sharing some

Everyone wants a sunshine-filled life

And often this world can only give strife

So look deep inside for your old, inner stream

There’s light made of living and beautiful dreams

In hardship your stream never dries out

Its flow will never be stemmed by your doubt

Your loneliest, scariest, emptiest times

Will just teach you why you must always shine

At the end of the day you must know it’s true

That the source of all light is from outside of you

Which is why in the sadness you never lose hope

‘Cause the source of you strength will throw you a rope

He’s always strong and believing in you

‘Cause he’s more than enough and he’s making you new!

(May 2013)
Dedicated to Mom and Dad