“I Feel Really Good this Day,Yes” – by Bradley Hathaway

Intro: Bradley Hathaway is a poet out of Arkansas. I can talk forever about him and the way his writing changes my life everytime I read/hear it. But I won’t. I just want you to read this poem.

Title: “I Feel Really Good This Day,Yes”

Book: All The Hits So Far but don’t expect too much

Poem:

You’re pouring your love ALL OVER ME!

It’s dripping off the

TOPS

And sides

And bottoms

And middles

Of trees full of splendid little busy bees

about doing their purpose

 

HOW

CAN THIS BE?

 

That you’ve let my HEART to see?

And experience?

And take in?

 

AND NOW

to sing.

 

SING! Sing! SING!

 

About your love to everybody. ANYBODY.

Or the somebody that’s considered a nobody

But THEY are special to thee.

AND FOR THAT I thank thee

That these things have been shown to me.

 

Keep this mercy

falling

 

DOWN

DOWN

 

And this grace

falling

 

DOWN

DOWN

 

On the top of my scalp

Dripping off of my nose

Down around my belly button

All the way to my

pinky toe cuticle

that you made

 

And for that

IT IS COOL.

 

SOMETIMES I PLAY THE FOOL

but still your LOVE is all around!

Sprouting from the ground

HERE

and There

Everywhere!

 

ESPECIALLY ON THIS FLOOR that I now stand.

How amazingly awesome is your plan

That cannot be thwarted by any man

 

No matter how big

OR STRONG

Or UGLY

or EVIL he BE.

 

Because through you is victory.

And it’s victory that I now SPEAK of

and have to LET OUT of my skin

Because for too long it has been contained therein.

 

Lord, I praise you because you’re DIFFERENT.

And efficient.

and you’ve tweaked my spirit

just enough so that

I can

TASTE

and

SEE

that YOU truly are good

like a fresh

PICKED

PINEAPPLE

for the first time

in my mouth.

 

OR THE WARMTH OF YOUR SUN

on the BACK

of my

NOT

WARM

NECK

on a

NOT

WARM

DAY.

 

I’LL PRAISE YOUR NAME TODAY.

and Tomorrow.

FOREVER.