Today I lived

Today i lived - like any other day -
because friends are near at hand...

Today i smiled -
just like other days...
because the skies are blue,
and the birds are singing in the trees...
so it is easy to smile,
on a beautiful day like this...

But it is also easy to feel sad -
'coz behind each cloud is a rain cloud
and a beautiful day like this may not last -
soon the whole sky might be covered with dark clouds
and all too soon the sunshine may be gone -
and in its place, i'll see gray skies and a threatening sky...

And soon the first raindrops would fall -
over the meadows and the plains...
soon a storm would rage, full scale -
and "shake the darling buds of May"...
very soon all will be wet: the mountains, the hills,
the flowers, and the trees in the forest...

And i would be standing there, alone -
thinking of what Destiny has in store for me,
drinking in the fresh view of raindrops everywhere,
and feeling the calm air after the storm...