Poetry - Lyrics - Collage: "Castaway Meditation"

"Castaway Meditation"

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Life- thank you for my daughter

With eyes- pure and joyful

They cleanse- like fresh water

My darkness- and disconnection

Love- thank you for my mothers

Their strength- to conquer the unknown

To stand- by my blind folly

With care- they save me from my own

Luck- thank you for my woman’s honest

Smile- that brings me home

Her relentless- wise courage

Reminding me- to stay strong

Fear- thank you even for my father

Though- he left his only son

Taught me how- to understand others

Forgive- look up and carry on

Hope- thank you for the stories

That gave- birth to these words

Pain- thank you for the poets

That dared- to sing their song

To elevate- above constant worry

An escape- for the broken and lonesome

In them- I died and tasted glory

That made- my faith reborn

My heart- thank you for the sorrow

The hunger- and persistent soul

Which keeps- my mind though weary

Away- from ending it all

Passion- thank you for my brain

Confused- once dying to show off

Drowning- in a sea of vain

Still- for the true hopeful

Time- I thank you for this mess

I am- trying to resolve

Some days- it feels like the best

I know- it cannot be the worst

What else- can I ever  

Ask- outside any one for

I have- these treasures yet

Found- these lines to set in stone

My truth- I get to convey

Declare- even when I’m gone

Thank you- stranger who relates

In any way- to my call

So- typically mundane

With- sincere aspirations

I thank- the gift of my breath

For many- moons that it sent

With wonder- in my direction

And the sun- for this ray

That shines- upon my conviction

I end- just where I began

Thankful to god- in my conclusion

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