Grateful for Today

I woke up one June, and I was ill. The treatment was long and hard until I saw the sun through my window sill. This morning, now, in May, I'm grateful for today. A crash while I was cruising, and I took a beating and a bruising. It's in the past now, and I'm musing, my pain has gone away, and I'm grateful for today. Regrets sown into a patchwork quilt, so many years to be plagued by guilt, but I see water under the bridge, not silt. I watch it float away. I'm grateful for today. My happiness, a grey cloud grifted, 'til, finally, my mood has shifted. I see bright colors, my depression lifted, time to run and play. I'm grateful for today. Now, I can make another start. I'm free. It's OK that we're apart. Time has healed it, my broken heart. I can truly say, I'm grateful for today. It took more than interdiction. It took more than my conviction. I hope I kicked it, my addiction. Dear God, I pray. I'm grateful for today.