There's Not a Person Alive

THERE’S NOT A PERSON ALIVE By David N. Donihue There’s not a person alive proud of every word Not a person alive With a past pitch perfect A stainless soul lying undisturbed Not a person alive Who has what they need As needs are in the mind With imagination, a rabbit hole unending And there’s not a person alive Satisfied with their shell And there’s not a person alive Who has not uttered life is hell And there’s not a person alive When free from shame or worry That would bother inflicting misery Takes the former, for pain to keep on feeding And there’s not a person alive Without prejudice No matter who you are, Someone's demeanor could trigger your And there’s not a person alive Who’s never felt debt, never felt useless, never felt like a prick And there’s not a person alive Who has not failed many Yet to experience true life, Is to love endlessly Praise the heavens for the day and night Until gratefulness becomes greatness And you’re giving the globe your absolute everything And there’s not a person alive that doesn’t deserve love Doesn’t deserve redemption the chance to rise above And there’s not a person alive Who is not addicted to something Whether positive or negative Our routines keep moving And there’s not a person alive Who should have never lived Yet if they’d chosen forgiveness Then maybe the spiral of sickness Would no longer exist And there’s not a person alive Like you in the morning Whimsical smile though weary lids opening And there’s not a person alive Like you when you’re you Pointless insecurities thrown aside So the truth may shine through And there’s a person alive Like you There’s not a person alive Like you ••• © copyright David Donihue 2023