A Happy Weekend

Morning
the sun peeks through
gray clouds hiding blue sky
transforms clouds into scarlet fire
at dawn.

Birds sing
greet the new day
with joyful gratitude
and scattering the depression
of night.

Hopeful
citizens wake
to another merry
weekend creating memories
of fun.

Early
on Saturday
an overcrowded beach
suburban residence relax
picnic.

Sunday
on the way home
they stop to eat hot cakes
wait for the traffic to thin out
a bit.

Line count: 25
Form: A Cinq-cinquain (Crown Cinquain) is composed of five stanzas. Each stanza follows the structure of the 5-line Cinquain. The syllable structure of the Cinquain is 2/4/6/8/2 and is unrhymed.