Appreciation of life

Life could be worse

I see two people huddled in a doorway fast asleep

Living rough out on the street

Which is no place to be

So I know that I have a light shining on me

And through everything

I still regard myself as lucky

Still know that I am not on my knees

Still appreciate the fact

That I live a life that’s free

That I have the opportunity

To bleed through my words

And through my poetry

It’s a life of frustration but not of misery

And I am thankful of that

Grateful in fact

And although many things I may lack

I celebrate the fact I have my family

And despite everything

We are all happy

And despite everything we are all like all healthy

And when I saw these two people asleep in a doorway

I realise how bad life could be

And it isn’t me fortunately

So I am appreciative of my life indeed.

16 responses to “Appreciation of life”

  1. Beautiful and so true!

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  2. a beautiful reminder to be grateful always…

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    1. Thank you very much

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      1. most welcome

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  3. Truly one has to be so grateful and thankful for the life that is so beautifully given to us where there are those who are not so lucky. Tony this poetic words were true to themselves. Great.

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    1. Thank you very much Kamal

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  4. AnamcharaO avatar
    AnamcharaO

    👏

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  5. most of us are struggling below the poverty line these days, just a fact as the rich get richer by squeezing the poor! But as you say we have shelter and health and each other…

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    1. indeed society has become a tough place to be thanks to the inequality of pay and disparity between rich and poorer sections.

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      1. the gap is widening and unless something changes soon the poor will need to take action 😦

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      2. I will be up for that revolution

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      3. maybe that’s your job … to start it?

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      4. Lol you maybe right

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