Gratitude
I
give thanks
for the clouds.
Yes, the same ones
that spoiled your picnic,
that rained on your parade,
that flooded the soccer field.
I am thankful for clouds because
without them there'd be no rainbows, and
behind them there will always be blue skies.
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2020
This poem is an etheree, written with gratitude to Liz Garton Scanlon for her poetry prompts.
What a fun form! And a great message.
ReplyDelete(And I see that flipside in there, too. :)
I missed your theme announcement. Are others writing with you this month? I'm trying out the Poetry Foundation +18 prompts at :
Deletehttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/library/prompts