Negativity Does Not Depend On If Or When

Today I noticed rain clouds gathering And the sky was turning gray; Cooler air was moving in As the winds kicked up a fray. Birds stopped singing in the trees As leaves began to drift Up, down and all around And my spirits began to lift. You’d think the mood was melancholy But the opposite was true; Negativity does not depend on if or when The sky is orange or black or blue. I was lifted up and blown away Like a rocket in the night, The storm clouds coming my way Were all but pure delight. Knowing feelings are but a state of mind We cultivate with care, Like planting seeds and pulling weeds In foul weather and in fair. Sometimes we’re more successful than This life ought to allow, While other times we miss the mark Not knowing why or how. We let our moods go racing Like wild horses running free, Controlling who and what we are Inside, we just can’t see. The fact that we’re not mustangs, Thoroughbreds or colts, We’re so much more than runs on four Legs and likes to bolt. We’re the family of humanity With minds that ebb and flow From rainy clouds and starry nights To the green grass down below. And so we seek to control our temperaments From the universe inside me and you, Because negativity does not depend on if or when The sky is orange or black or blue.