Today

Sometimes, you just have to put yesterday behind you.

 

Today

Today is a new day

and I shall swing from the tire swing

in sunlight just outgoing enough

to say hello

in early Spring.

I will ride into the sky

on hopeless whimsy

like a pup whose never been smacked

for stealing the morning paper.

Spinning on Goodyear

til I'm so dizzy my dreams double

and there's even a chance

of catching them.

Today is a new day

and I shall put on my gloves

pulling dead leaves from the garden

that never grew

becasue, back then,

the sun was too shy.

I will toss them in the air

and let them fall on my face

joining them in a dance

with no care.

I will spring free the pansies

who managed survive

after Winter's cold slap

and my own ignorance.

Today is a new day

and I'll pack my bags

careful to wrap the China

in bubbles trapped

in plastic.

Reviews

[Lorraine]

The carefree approach is very motivating for it makes me feel like doing something so out of the ordinary. There's something elegant about this poem's casualness.

Keep Writing. ^___^

[emily joe]

i really love this. it captures the element of nature in such an elegant way.

[Erin Lee]

thanks dbear. i'm having trouble being "me" lately. i guess i was having a good day that day and it just fell out. looking for more of those days!

[Danny Anthony Schromen]

i loved this, carefree and def YOU... Loved it and the pic...