Be Crafty

Happy Rocks

Being an *artisan, I have taken to task many handmade crafts,

Some turned out well; some were just for laughs,

I tend to scan Pinterest for ideas to make,

There are millions of them, for goodness' sake,

I saw one I thought was particularly easy,

Stay with me here-this is going to sound cheesy:

White round, smooth, small landscape rocks, available to me,

I needed to craft something with them, imperatively,

I painted each rock a bright color and then,

I wrote an encouraging word with a black sharpie pen,

Words like “hope”, “love”, “dream”, “smile”, “joy”,

Happy rocks I called them, for all ages, girl or boy,

I placed a rock or two in the grass nearby an entrance door,

At the dentist office, the bank, the thrift store and more,

I imagined who would find it, and if they’d reach down,

If they’d smile to themselves; if the rock erased their frown,

When I returned to those places, the happy rocks were gone,

And I felt pretty sure that they had found a second home.

Maybe in someone's cup holder riding in their car,

Who knows just where they really are?

Tammy Harvey

Written:  12/25/2018

*"self-proclaimed" artisan.