Joy Comes Back

Joy Comes Back

When you finally realise that joy

is less fireworks

more firefly

less orchestra

more birdsong

she will come back much more often

for joy will not fight

with the fast pace of this life

she is not in the shiny or the new

she breathes in the basic

shimmers in the simple

and dances in the daily to and fro

joy has been beckoning you

for many a year my friend

you were just too busy doing, to see

the very next time joy wraps

her quiet warmth around you

as the garden embraces your weary body

in its wildness

tip her a nod

you cannot force her to stay

but if you are a gracious host

joy comes back.

~ ‘Joy Comes Back’ by Donna Ashworth from ‘Growing Brave’

Sharing joy, or at least the prospect of joy, with all my kind and faithful readers.

Your friend,
Robert