A Summer's Day Borrowed By March

Today the Sun shines
More than it has in a long time
My clothes are thin and brightly coloured
Like the rays of the blazing ripe apricot Sun

Everyone seems renewed, refreshed
Nobody frowns today
Adults laugh
Babies gurgle contentedly
All is bright and beautiful

I entered a shopping precinct.
Darkness.
Smoke.
Cloying scents.
Recycled air.

I am outside again
Oxygen fresh, wholesome
Makes me feel vital
I am alive

Some people laugh at my clothes
I have entertained them
Good
Giving is everything today

Another commercial centre.
It was claustrophobia inducing.
There were smells of toilets,
Excremental artifice.
I yearn to be strolling outside...

Oh the beauteous fragrances of open air
Are surrounding me
And I welcome them
While flowers- Chrysanthemum, Lilac, Hyacinth?
It doesn't matter
All become life-affirming flora for today.

Oh, but everyday could be as today is!
Warm, gentle Sun embracing,
Soft such early morning sounds echoing,
Flowers pleasantly perfuming.

Oh, if only every one could be today!
Then I would feel my life entirely well spent,
Thereby never fearing death.