Gratitude

Gratitude -------- desperate madness, and aching sadness once held me tight now, unexplainable memories, NOT unendurable, that's right time went on, and beautiful love shone through between quivering me, and radiant you now, these eyes see quite a bit clearer shadows faded as the sun drew nearer darkness shrank away, and the fog lifted as objectives grew longer, viewpoints have shifted the man you once knew, has changed i was wrapped up in self, blindly deranged swallowed by fear, and lost within sin like Jonas, from these depths i'll rise again cast out, from the beast to the shore slowly drying, crying, " I will swim no more!" warmer blood, faster flowing, melts the ice in my veins i realize where i've been, and discard his chains set free again, each and every day to enjoy the world in a new way not watching for the axe to fall or adding another brick to the wall i see people in a new light, through God above reformed with help and hope, renewed through love " i thank you all, for being there because now i know that people care and my heart swells with gratitude for each one of the multitude" stanzas in parentheses are dated, at this point, people suck!