when you finally realize

When you 
finally realise that joy 
is less fireworks
more firefly 
less orchestra
more birdsong 
she will come back 
much more often
for joy will not fight 
with the fast pace of this life. 
She is not in the shiny or the new 
she breathes in the basic 
shimmers in the simple 
and dances in the daily to and fro. 
Joy has been beckoning you 
for many a year my friend 
you were just too busy doing, 
to see the very next time 
joy wraps her quiet warmth 
around you, as the garden 
embraces your weary body
in its wildness
tip her a nod. 
You cannot force her to stay
but if you are a gracious host 
joy comes back."
Donna Ashworth - Joy Comes Back

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