A Fabulous Day
Oh, the days of the week they are constantly seven! And as certain to stay as the fixed stars in heaven. But my heart that denies them will wander away To find a more likeable, well furnished day That I know exists somewhere, invisible, real, And shining with moments the seven days steal.
The stocking I've wanted to darn since the spring, The folk-song, forgotten, that calls me to sing, The little old lady I hurry to see, The cumbersome caller, long promised to tea, Or the half-hidden passion pushed by through the week: These surely may people the day that I seek.
Sometimes I shall play with a soul never born: A companion I met on the far side of morn. I shall nod at the losses I wept for last night, And find my to-morrows expectant and bright. But mostly I think the whole twenty-four hours Will be spent in designing a new bed of flowers; For everyone's heart, when it wanders away, Has its own things to do on a fabulous day.