Begin the Day Singing!
October 10, 2010
If I were a preacher-lady...
I’d urge
my parishioners
to begin the day singing!
When you wake to the world with a song in your heart,
you cannot help but feel the gladness of life.
Let that song escape from your lips,
unfettered by the thoughts that may seek to control it.
Sing, sing, sing!
Let your happy notes bounce off the shower walls,
as you give thanks to the body
that allows you to walk the earth.
Surround your lover
with an embrace of melody
as you kiss his forehead awake.
Gently nudge your children from their dreams
with a happy ditty,
so that their day may also begin in gladness.
Throw open your curtains to the day
and serenade the world.
Fear not
the judgement of others.
Should your song
fall on unappreciative ears,
welcome your aria back into to your body.
Let it tickle the cells of your self,
‘til your bones cannot help
but share their jubilant mirth...
the begin the day dancing!
~Lisa B.
(for my friend, Gil)
Cottage Cove View, October
