Songs and Sonnets (Coleman)/Make Friends with Happiness
MAKE FRIENDS WITH HAPPINESS.
Why should we not make friends with happiness?
Life has its grieving moments, it is true,
And daily cares—but O, its rapture, too!
Why should we gather thorns when flowers press
About our feet and sweet, wild things confess
Their inner radiance, as if they knew
There shone for us beyond the steadfast blue
A love that asks no guerdon but to bless?
Foundation for our spiritual home we lay
In all we do and are, and we must lose
The power of inner vision if we stay
Among the shadows grieving, nor possess
Discerning mind and steadfast heart to choose
Those thoughts that make us friends with happiness.