Friend of mine used to call a day like this a pretty day

[Gabrielle Dean]

Joy - Jan L. Richardson           

You can prepare
but still
it will come to you
by surprise

 

crossing through your doorway 
calling your name in greeting
turning like a child
who quickens suddenly
within you

 

it will astonish you
how wide your heart
will open
in welcome

 

for the joy
that finds you
so ready
and still so
unprepared.

This is the Chinese tallow tree today but what about that SKY