Smile At Adversity

Winter Landscape from All Free Download.com 

The sun smiles upon my face

So bright is the light it bears

For the day is young, and so am I

So why not soar out into the sky.

The snow glistens in white

Crunching beneath my feet

A chilling sensation of the spine

Yet I fall and angels appear.

Into the swamp lands

Of mush and deadened brush

My smile still gleams

Mud upon my face without a care.

Trekking along the cement sidewalks

I stare off into the distance

As cars whiz by, busier than bees

In the dead of winter.

Why must they be in such a hurry?

I really want to know

Because the day is just beginning

As the evening begins to snow.

A blizzard roars past my body

I sway back and forth like a tree

But my roots are firmly planted

And I smile all the same.

When a burning light forms

Before my eyes I can see

Through all the lines of adversity

I know how to seize the day.

For the Reader: Carpe diem.