It doesn’t matter that everyone else
has shed their leaves. Someone needs
to carry joy flags into the winter.
Let it be you.
Sing, even though the choir has gone silent.
Be brilliantly awake while everyone else
Is lost in dreams. Skip when the walkers shuffle.
Dance when the fearful ones lean against the wall.
Believe in Yes even when all around you
are lost in the illusion of No.
Let your heart brim with gratitude
and with praise for life even when the world
seems drenched in sorrow.
Someone needs to carry joy flags into the winter.
Why not let it be you?