always on the sunny side
keep on the sunny side of life.
It will help us every day,
It will help us every day,
it will brighten up the way
if we keep on the sunny side of life.
if we keep on the sunny side of life.
—Carter Family
Doesn't matter
how spare
or how dense
the situation gets;
in either case,
we're told
to bear
the stress
and make the
most of it.
Our agonies
increase
from exquisite
to intense—
our green pastures
now consist
of just a fraction
of an inch—
and still
we feel the pull
to flex a smile
and claim we're
cool with it—
as though
our acquiescence
fed the wolf
or paid the rent—
as though
we earned
our blessings
just by saying we've
been blessed.
