Outside, a grayness fills the sky.

It's dull and dreary,

dark and depressing,

drab and boring.

But that's not the way it has to be.

Within your mind,

You can create

The elements that are missing.

Pock the sky with puffy white clouds,

So that it looks like

Cotton candy.

Turn the dull gray shade

Into an ultra aqua blue.

Turn the sadness

And disappointment

Into happiness

And hope.

Make those trees lime green,

And that swingset a bright yellow.

Plant the seeds of imaging

In your brain.

Imagine a blue sky as you're doing things every day.

Take a deep breath in, focusing on the blue,

Seeing it in your mind,

Then whoosh - let the gray sky out.

Blue sky in,

Gray sky out!