Face the Day

Just when the world is cracking up
and it seems to be all lost
 
you pull your boots on one more time
to face the heat or frost
 
'cause the day will come no matter what
and the chores won't go away
 
so you hit the saddle and head on out.
It ain't about the pay.
 
You don't know what will happen
that ain't in your routine
 
but you blink your eyes and greet the day
and hope the grass is green
 
so all the critters get a meal
to turn life's endless wheel.
 
And when tomorrow gets here
you can look em in the eye
 
'cause folks know when you ride out
you give it cowboy try.
©Steve Dirksen