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Despite It All

Amid the darkness
And despair and doom,
View the blazing sun
And azure sky...
Or the silvery moon
And nightly black
When the living rest
After a day of light.

Grasp your hands
And flex your fingers,
Be grateful for
Limbs that move:
Legs to carry 
You through the day
And arms to fold
On your chest at night.

Feel blessed for breath
That wakes you
Every morning,
For the power to yawn
And stretch,
To frown
Or smile,
To greet a new day.

In this new normal
Of a not-so-gentle world
Of confusion and chaos
Be kind,
For we share one life.
Be thankful for tears,
For to love is to cry and
To die is to have lived.

Despite doom
And despair
Be grateful 
To be alive,
To see the sun
And the moon,
For what is the alternative.

Copyright © Catherine A. Mackenzie | Year Posted 2024