7 Days

7 days in a row
     happiness
          joy
     happiness     MORE

7 Days in a Row,
Happiness, Joy, Happiness

7 days in a row
     happiness
          joy
     happiness

7 days
like a sunny spell
     after a winter
          from hell

7 days and still going



I keep waiting
     for my inner weather
          to be breaking

But even waiting
     I feel a flowing glowing
In the mirror too
     it's showing, even (it seems) growing



Doors inside
     are opening
Air is blowing
     between rooms
tugging, towing
stuff from shadows and gloom
     to bask in the sunlight
     of a warm afternoon


I draw on memories
       on hope
       on the good things
               that come
                    my way


I draw on talents
     skills
     willingness
     on all that brings
               hope
               every day



Now 7 days in a row
          joy
     happiness


7 days
like a sunny spell
     after a winter
          from hell



I keep waiting
     for thunder clouds
          and icy rain

for joy to be sucked
     down the drain

But even waiting
I feel a flowing glowing
And I'm told it's showing



A warming breeze is blowing
     curtains aside
     opening wide
     the rooms inside
     to a fresh tide
          of air

     throwing
          shifting sunlight
          on the walls
          on all
          that's inside



7 days - and still going
          joy
     happiness



Not flat like a fog
     not even like gloom

but like a
     changing tune

room
     for pauses
     quiet
     sadness
     drifting
     anger
     thinking things through
     and then too
     bursts of true
          ecstasy


Yes
doors inside
     are opening

Air is blowing
     between rooms
tugging, towing
stuff from shadows and gloom
     to bask in the sunlight
     of a warm afternoon



A warming breeze is blowing
     curtains aside
     opening wide
     the rooms inside
     to a fresh tide
          of air
     throwing
          shifting sunlight
          on the walls
          on all
          that's inside



7 days - and still going
     happiness
          joy
     happiness

Elsa
June 11, 1994
copyright © Elsa Schieder, 1994, 2021, all rights reserved






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Happiness poem.
Poetry about joy, happiness.
Poem celebrating deep happiness.

Happiness poems
Poems about happiness
Poetry celebrating joy

a breeze of warm air
flowing in our lives

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