If I Could Have Each Day One Hour Of Sun

 

Snowman And Cardinal

The MacNeil Gallery

If I could have each day

one hour of sun

glorious

healing

hot,

like now-

then

let Winter come!

Not

mild and brief,

but

wild, without relief;

let the storms rage,

let the winds blow,

the freezing rains

lashing at my windowpanes;

then

let it snow!

long 

and

deep

and cold.

I would not mind at all:

it would be fun...

if I could have

each day

my hour of sun.

"If I Could Have Each Day One Hour Of Sun"
Ruth Bell Graham
(1920-2007)
From the book, "Collected Poems"
(1977)
By Ruth Bell Graham
Published by Baker Books