Saturdays

Saturday mornings are so cool

Away from the work schedule

No hurrying off to the workplace

No boss man in your face

A chance to relax and slow down

A few hours to just laze around

A little time to stay in bed late

Even though at six you are awake

No deadlines to meet again I say

Compliments of another Saturday

Just laze around and take your time

Just breeze and free up the mind

Of course for me it is different

I have long been rid of that intent

Six and a half years away from that

Work I mean: that’s a fact

And I don’t regret it a bit

I learnt to adapt to it real quick

The little pension don’t last long

Still everyday is a Saturday song

Forty years I spent working

Everyday with a certain yearning

Elated when it was Friday evening

Just longing for Saturday morning

There is a downside admittedly

Saturday passes rather quickly

It is the shortest day of the week

It’s gone in a hurry so to speak

It’s not 24 hours that’s for sure

Like Monday to Friday I say no more

Such days are long and challenging

Particularly if one is hardworking

So before this Saturday is passed

I will simply complete this task

In tribute to this day of the week

Just turn over and go back to sleep

It is a fact that God also rested

After all His work he had tested

It was very good He did proclaim

For this week can you say the same?

The beauty in Saturday I must repeat

Is if you’ve worked during the week

But if Monday to Friday you lazed away

You should be working this Saturday

Happy Saturday if you did your best

In that case you deserve your rest

If not all your days were Saturdays

Chances are you will still draw your pay

Stewart Russell © January 2018