Love Life

Love Life

There was a time I wasn’t sure
If I would ever love life.
It always seemed I was only surviving.
But I found my way through
All the winding roads.
By choosing to live authentically.
To stand by truth when I was attacked.
Words pelting me like cold sleet on my face.
I was squinting just to see beyond the tears
Where to go?
Misunderstood, yet never able to understand
The evil cast upon me.
I had many friends, but still I was alone.
But, not anymore.
Now, when I hear the Loon call, the owl hoot,
The hummingbird chirping…
I think to myself: ‘Yes, I love life too!’

Heidi Sands
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Perlin Avatar
October 20, 2016 at 3:13 PM
Nice!
Sands Avatar
October 20, 2016 at 6:32 PM
Thank you Alona. :)
Timperley Avatar
October 15, 2016 at 4:08 AM
I'm just saying #7. God Bless. D.
Sands Avatar
October 16, 2016 at 6:59 PM
Thank you Dave! :) God Bless
Green Avatar
October 14, 2016 at 4:45 PM
Your poetry is always so beautifully uplifting and brings a smile to my face,
Sands Avatar
October 14, 2016 at 5:18 PM
I love that it makes you smile :)
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