Joy when my favorite song comes on the radio

Joy when my mother makes pasta and sauce

Joy when the sun shines on an early Sunday morning

Joy when the clouds shade the sky on a Friday night

Joy when the crickets are chirping outside the cracked window

Joy when a car slowly drives by in the middle of the night

Joy as the leaves change, die and grow back again

Joy as the rain hits the gutter softly and thunder rolls

Joy when I smell the ocean moving calmly at dawn

Joy when I hear the sounds of classical music and pointe shoes

Joy when my friends and I scream Taylor Swift in the car

Joy when I cry alone in my room listening to music

There is joy when I am sad

And there is joy when I am mad

There is joy in every step of my day

Because joy is what all people should have