Naiad 1975 - Lake-Sumter Community College

SHADES OF A GLAD COLOR
Satisfaction is
The dull thump of the librarian's
Rubber stamp, and the sound
Of the book
closing.
Contentment is
A cup of hot chocolate and a warm bed
After that long, cold day,
Or a glass of cold tea and a b,reeze
After that long,
Hot one.
Happiness is
Knowing that there is always
A friend; and knowing that
That friend has
A friend.
Joy is
A walk in the woods
On a sunny spring day and
Seeing the new life as it opens
Its eyes to
The world.
Ecstasy is
Sharing that spring day,
And that hot day,
And that cold day,
And every day
With you.
Sandi Deschaine
GIFTS
IAM NOT
I am not an artist
Painting the world with
Water colors .
I see the vast universe
With eyes that receive
The splendor of life.
If you wish to see
The beauty of this
Existence, gaze into
My eyes.
I am not God who causes
The rivers to flow,
The grass to grow and
The animals to roam.
I am not a minute being
Who holds nature gently
In my hands.
If you wish to touch
His creations, take my hands.
I am ncit the multitude
And their experiences,
I am an emotional spirit
Who carries Love in my
Heart.
If you need the warmth
Of another human being,
Take my heart.
the wonder of a rainbow
as its fingers reach to touch the earth,
the beauty of the sky
as it greets the morning sun,
or as it bids farewell to a tired day,
those everpresent m1>'steries of the universe -
a sun to bathe my body in warmth,
flowing waters to sate my thirst,
fruits of the earth to feed me.
all Gifts
of my birth.
Simmy Deeb
Lynn Sennett