Life' Glories. Poem by Fay Slimm

Come marvel with me in the glories of life
As I celebrate this we call 'day',
When the sights and the sounds that en-trance the new dawn
Freshly mingle. I hear someone say
'Do awake and leave sleep to the night now past
And observe with your heart, mind and soul
What is there around you would change if you could
And by altering you'd render more whole? '


'Would change help the glittering sky of the dawn
Or the birdsong so piercingly sweet?
Could ought more be done to the Entrance of Sun
Or his vigour be made more complete?


Could grass be a shade more refreshing than green?
Or a poppy's hue better than red?
And the light on the lake, could you easier make
Patterns as lively on watery bed? '


As mind heart and soul picks up rhythms of life
Then, enraptured my spirit replies......
'Not a thing could add grace to the glorious face
Of this picture of earth, sea and skies'