Clouds Cover My Sky

Clouds Cover My Sky
by Vivian Gilbert Zabel

Life's storms many times blacken my day.
While like a plant, I need light to grow,
But when angry clouds cover my sky,
My soul wants to shrivel and blow away.
Then I remember that others too feel low
As their lives are battered and torn.
I reach within and search for strength
While words from another bring me warmth:
"Everything has its wonders
even darkness and silence,
and I learn, whatever state I may be in,
therein to be content."
Give me the will to be content
Even when clouds cover my sky.