Not quite a native Ripley Countian - she attended only her last year of high school in Doniphan though she taught in the R-1 system for 32 years - Teresa (Pearson) Lee delights in surprising readers and herself with anecdotal observations of life in general. Maybe you can blame her St.Louis roots for a quirky humor and some slightly-askewed opinions, but never doubt she writes from the heart.

Skies of Gray Make the World Seem Sadder

Posted Saturday, February 23, 2019, at 12:35 PM

Rainy Day at Deer Leap Boat Ramp-Ripley County, MO

So many clouds of dreariness

Can fill one's days with weariness,

But the raindrops will fall;

We can do nothing at all

So wipe away the bleariness

And give a friend a call.

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Two heads are better than one

For sending the blues on a merry run.

One can sense the smiles

Across many many miles.

So before all is said and done

Pull out those contact files.

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Skies of gray make the world seem sadder

And the bad stuff, oh so much badder.

We feel mighty powerless

With the world in such a mess.

It doesn't help to get madder.

Tears do fall, I confess.

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In the constant cycles of this life

There will be joys as well as strife.

Blue skies and sunshine take their turn

As bright bold colors return;

Mother Nature is rife

With possibilities, birds the fife.

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