Dan Cwiak Poet Rhyme

They Were Generous

I want to tell you about some people
  who showed me something I did not know.
  It's about the nature of affliction
  and the depths of healing to one must go.

  I was in a rehab center
  to help something I had broken mend...
  and of my cantankerous nature
  with which daily they had to contend.

  I thought I was the "Model" patient
  trying to do each task. assigned.
  But somewhere in those ten weeks
  I realized that they were being kind.

  I complained about the workouts,
  the people, the pain, and the food.
  While they did their best each day
  to see that my healing process would be short and good.
  
  I have them to thank that I will walk again 
  without the pain I had to feel.
  Yet I gave them grief at every turn
  and showed my true nature as a "Heel".
  
  So it was for ten weeks or so,
  me giving them grief while they let it go.
  I finally came to realize that they put up with me and so much more,
  To them it was another workday's chore.
  Yes, they were Generous and I was a crank,
  It is them that in these few words I thank.
  For they showed God's love with each task every day,
  and for that Generosity...and for them I will always pray.

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