NEW SUN SHINING (San Antonio Sunrise 09.28.2008)

Hi Friends,

The Photos are completely UNRETOUCHED.  You are seeing what I saw this morning as I approached my office.  The poem, however, went through a couple of re-writes.  lol.

NEW SUN SHINING

©Robert C Burnham

If you wake in the morning and your day is dark

And it seems the night is still here

Hold on to your courage; you can still make your mark

I know, I've been there

I've been to the bottom of an empty well

I've cried until my tears were dry

I've been cut off by the fires of Hell

With my soul only asking, "why?"

Life is what you make of it

That's a very old cliché

But please indulge this would-be prophet

Because it says what I'm trying to say

There's a new sun shining every 24 hours

If you're still around, you have a chance

Not just for the privileged, it's yours, mine and ours

So put your shoes on and continue the dance

Sometimes I've been found self-pitying

Seemingly, unwilling to bend

I have spent days just doing nothing

Waiting for my depression to end

Lost in your struggles you may feel on your own

But let me set the record straight

Everyone has troubles, you'refar from alone

Our God in Heaven does not forsake

There's a new sun shining every 24 hours

This morning there's no exception found

So hold your head high and smell all the flowers

And to your past, you won't be bound

There's a new sun shining...

Blessings,

- Robert B.