From the Depth of My Heart

I sat and pondered for a while; My pen would not move even with guile; Soon the page overflowed in ink; My pen raced along and thought in pink; My gratitude for everybody in my life filled the heart; Everybody had played their part; The Creator, My parents , My family , My teachers and My friends , to everyone and everything in sight and yet unseen... Wistfully I thought "Where indeed have I been?" Present here every moment and yet absent; Every moment quite well spent.... Tired, after much writing, to see what I wrote; To my surprise not a scratch on my note; Truth struck me full in the face; When a stranger tells me "Wipe your tears, they have wiped out everything....