Friday, February 15, 2013

Gratitude

A year ago today, I could have died.
Of course that's true of each day,
those past and those to come.
But this day last year first responders
talked of how much blood...
Independence is me,
I am independence, resolutely
self-sufficient. Except when I'm not.
Unable to do normal tasks,
suddenly left-handed,
dependent is me.
A year later, self-sufficiency comes easier,
freely passing as able bodied,
the hand a distraction, a nuisance.
A year of learning vulnerability,
dependence, the value of friends
and family... How much better I am
having thought of possibilities
of no longer being.
I'm grateful to countless folk.
May God bless you all.

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