If they've never seen sun

Take a day like today,

and explain if you will

the beauty, the wonder of spring.

Do all that you can

to convince your best friend

that today is a wonderful thing.

But if they've never seen sun,

well, then all that you've done

is just show that you know of the door.

You could write a great speech,

you could talk 'til you're blue,

of light breezes just bringing a cool.

You could talk of the sky

and the warmth from above,

and how clouds are across skies playing.

But if they've never seen sun,

well, then all that you've done

is just show that you know how to talk.

You could try to use letters,

after all it is said

that the pen always wins all its battles.

You could write of the sound

of the leaves gently rustling,

how they leap and they dance for sheer joy.

But if they've never seen sun,

well, then all that you've done

is just show that you know some big words.

You could try to use song,

to express all the wonder

of the birds brightly singing their songs,

with some rhymes that you wrote

and a tune you can feel

and a sound that sounds perfect outside.

But if they've never seen sun,

well, then all that you've done

is just show that you know melodies.

So if you've a day like today,

with blue skies and no clouds,

with the sun shining brightly and birds chirping lightly,

and some cool breezes teasing

and green leaves just being,

and a ladybug sits on your hand,

And if you have someone,

have a someone you know,

who just lives in their room all alone.

and they only come out

after dark (so it seems),

and you've tried, oh you've tried to bring them the sun.

You've tried eloquent teachings,

and passionate speechings,

and even tried coaxing with song,

You've tried all you can think of,

and some that you haven't,

and still they refuse to see light:

Their hand you must grab,

to the door you must drag them,

outside you must rush if you want to revive them.

And as they stand blinking

in warm spring day sunshine,

you'll be glad to just hear them now say:

"All the time I have missed this,

so much time I have wasted,

this much now have I seen.

Enough with windowless rooms,

and with staying indoors,

and with carefully hiding away."

You'll listen and smile,

and agree when they say

that "Today is a wonderful day."