Truth by Nikki Grimes

Honesty is the key to a good life.

The weather can help predict the future.

You can choose to be positive and embrace uncertainty.

Any day can be a bad day, depending on how you look at it.

"The truth is, every day we rise like thunder-/ clap of surprise." (Lines 1-2)

"Cold be echoes of trouble, or blossoms/of blessing." (Lines 2-3)

"gorgeously/ disguised memories-to-be might rain down from above" (Lines 3-4)

"our/ job, if you ask me, is to follow it. See where it heads." (Lines 5-6)

It conveys how it is better to approach the future with humor.

It stresses that the future is not always predictable.

It portrays a sense of anxiety about the future.

It emphasizes how ominous the unknown is.

"The truth is, every day we rise like thunder-" (Line 1)

"Could be echoes of trouble, or blossoms/ of blessing/" (Lines 2-3)

"So look up! Claim that cloud with the silver lining." (Line 5)

"Our/ job, if you ask me, is to follow it." ( Lines 5-6)