Beautiful Storms

Sometimes when I am in the mood, it's always nice to write down what I feel inside. I wouldn't say that I am a song writer or a poem writer, though I do jot something down from time to time as a way to express what is inside. Just like life, sometimes that are good things, sometime they are bad.

I wrote the poem below one night as I was sitting and thinking about how I have been able to learn and grow from my trials. I became appreciative of the struggles I have and am experiencing because it forces me to grow. I thought of how I loved hiking the mountains in Colorado and how often times we would have to deal with snow (even in the summer) and lightning but because of those storms the beauty of what we were able to experience was created. We couldn't have a forest without rain and we couldn't know joy if we didn't know pain.

I am not saying the poem is any good, I just thought I would share.

Beautiful Storms

Have you ever laid beneath a shade tree
and dreamed a peaceful dream?
Have you listened to a bird's song
or heard the rushing stream?
Have you laid upon the green grass
and gazed up at the sky?
Have you ever felt your soul at peace
and stopped to question why?

Have you ever walked a mile
while rain fell from up high?
Have you ever felt the cold wind blow
as you loudly cursed the sky?
Have you ever felt a burden
you thought too much to take?
Have you ever longed for something
that it caused your heart to ache?

The shade tree couldn't grow
if it never felt the rain.
And your soul would never grow
if it never felt some pain.
So next time you feel the storm
And you see the sky turn gray,
know that after every storm
there's a sunny day.