David Crandall Poet Rhyme

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10/28/2024 for Gift of Recovery Poetry Contest sponsored by Kai Michael Neumann

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.

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Linda Alice Fowler October 31, 2024 at 9:04 AM Shattered, but the King's men did their best. I, too, am grateful for today dave. Triviality long forgotten or forgiven.Nice rhyming ;) :) David Crandall October 31, 2024 at 11:15 AM Thanks Elle! That's the only way we can took at things.

Beryl Edmonds October 28, 2024 at 6:49 PM So glad you’re grateful for today, that your pain has gone away. I know what pain can do, I lived with it for years, it was tragic, till surgeons waved their magic… Beryl David Crandall October 29, 2024 at 12:16 AM Thanks Beryl. Glad to hear you are better!