The Day that Didn't Shine

Tear drops slipped down face

First slow, then faster pace

Had she fallen out of grace?

Would she ever finish this race?

The sun was gone by clouds

She was far away from crowds

Holding nothing but her pen

She wrote a solemn hymn again.

The day that didn't shine

Didn't need Jonah's vine

Yet all was gone that's fine

All remained, a tear line.

Wondering all in tears

Her heart full of fears

How many more years?

She listened with her ears.

A song, quiet in the night

Fell from heaven's height

"My daughter, I hold each tear, 

I know every fear.

"I care for you more than they

You're in my heart each day

I won't forget you, dear

Rest in Me, don't fear."

Wiping tears from eyes

She peered into the skies

Nothing there but gray

A no-sun kind of day.

But she rose again from the dirt

She shook off all the sorrow and hurt

Then felt again the breeze in air

Felt again the wind in her hair.

The day that didn't shine was dark and sad

But the quiet voice had made her glad

Through sun and rain, she would know

The everlasting arms were always below.