Poem: Today I'll Not Be Sad

Today, I’ll Not Be Sad


Today, I’ll not be sad.
I’ll keep my cares at bay,
embracing sunny skies;
I’ll push the gloom away.

To sorrow, I won’t yield…
to hopelessness or fears…
to boredom or to pain.
I will not yield to tears!

I WILL seek out fulfillment
in all I do and see.
I’ll guard against the darkness,
that hovers over me…

the loneliness that lingers,
no matter what I do.
I’ll double up my efforts,
try hard to make it true!

My thoughts will be directed
down happy avenues.
I’ll take my life and mold it,
exactly as I choose.

June Kellum
2005