Life is Beautiful

Life is like a colorful brocade,

An intricate weaving of hope and despair;

Here and there, a darker shade,

And a touch of brightness elsewhere. 

Oh!How we love it at its best,

When it's peaceful like the placid sea...

But oh, for the heart that can't face the tempest,

Death is a fear, life, an agony. 

We might reach a barren desert,

When we'd hoped to see a pasture green;

But joys and sorrows are two banks,

Of the river life flowing in between. 

Like the rose, a beauty in spite of the thorns,

Like the lotus that blooms even in a swamp;

Welcome both the Spring and the Fall,

Like the homeless and the wandering tramp.

So gear up, scale yet another mountain high;

If courage fails, look up, you'll know;

That even the glorious evening sky,

Has a cloud on the azure glow!