I Am Grateful

I am grateful

Alone on my bed, looking up 

Life not asked, yet given to me

Asked one thing of me; to live it

Live in my purpose, my assignment 

Given before I knew me

Before embraced; kissed by life

Tempted am I as so many 

How dare I take you for granted

Then, when the audience disappears

The curtains come down

Lights go out, an empty stage remains

I look at myself, to see what's left

Lying on my back, still looking up 

Alone in my chamber, my room, my prison

Hearing a troubled heart beat 

Crying out for lungs to cooperate 

To not fail in it's mission to sustain

It's the best position from which to look up

All sustenance for a mere mortal

Invisible, I inhale and exhale you

Visible, in a stream flowing through

A fruit just fell, one eagerly waits to be picked

A profusion of life abounds, reminds me

All once given us is totally free

A body of death, I cry out for relief

Deliverance has come for me in time

It dies daily by its many afflictions, evident

Dare I to stop moving it, carry it around 

Sooner does the dying process speeds up

I'm given what I didn't ask for in time

A glorious one be given for an eternity 

Those I love, still loving me, 

Things amassed yet replaceable

Memories of love ones, most memorable

Opportunities to bless and be blessed

Naked to all as we came

Gentle moments, press on bended knees

Blessed are all when given this privilege

See their lives clearer from this vantage

Believer or not, all of flesh, subjects of this 

A lower order, that's not our truest self

A covering for what is the essence 

That is you