Tag: gratitude

this time will be different

~ jennadawn ~ Leave a comment

Time and time again
I’m knocked down to my knees
by an event of immense magnitude
because all the smaller signs along the way,
I’ve missed.

Tragedy, sickness, death,
these are what it takes for me to stop,
re-evaluate my priorities,
make space to enjoy this gift of a life
I’ve been blessed to receive.

Maybe this time will be different.
Maybe this time I will carry forward
the gratitude, the presence,
the love I have found again.

I need this time to be different,
and will make it so.

lucky one

~ jennadawn ~ Leave a comment

I believe I read your character accurately
when I met you.

I believe you to be
humble, genuine, kind, loyal, loving
still, now,
as you seemed before.

I believe you to be
‘one of the good ones’, a shining light
upon this Earth
and the lives of those you touch,
including mine.

I will remember you in fondness,
in hope for the future, your future
and what you will create for all of us.
I will cherish your light
and the way you reminded me
that gut instincts, sometimes, are spot-on.

I am lucky to have met you,
and cherish the changes evolving in me
since that day,
the changes you remain oblivious to,
for the better.