Reflections of Life

Sometimes we reflect

What is the meaning of life?

For my thought

It’s simple and up to us

First don’t be an arsehole

Be all you can be, give others life

Touch all you can every day

It can be delicious and warm

And then suddenly cold

Leaving a great mystery as why

Sometimes it’s like a maze

You wander through

And aren’t quite sure

Where you will end up

Or like an elevator

It has its ups and downs

Before you level out

To the next floor

There are many open doors

As you go through them

You shut them behind you

Because you know it is the past

And like a poker game

Not always dealt the hand you want

And sometimes the hand you’ve waited for

But through life

We make choices

We think and ponder

We know right from wrong

Although sometimes our own pain

Will take us down the wrong road

In hopes we find escape and peace

At the end, we discover it doesn’t work

We are still left with what we were dealt

So we reflect, knowing it is up to us

Not to repeat the pattern

We are innately loving souls

It is within, although sometimes skewed

It is up to us, to correct the wrongs

Wrongs done to us, and help those who hurt

Because all that happens on our path

Is what makes us strong and better

Although we may not think so

We were given that hand because

They knew we could take it

Even if we face our own mortality

Only the strongest of souls survive

Otherwise we would not be here

To help others along the way

So when you feel you’re at the bottom

When you feel what else can go wrong

Look up and say, thank you

I have been through boot camp

And I made it out

Carolee Dennis-Woosley

July 18, 2012