Echoes of Gratitude

Darkness in my mind

Looking for signs

Time to unwind

Since I saw death

I count every blessing and every breath

Much gratitude for life,

What’s occurred and what is left

Much love for my creator,

Much love for His creations—

The moon, the sun, the living, and the stars,

The endless sky and healing scars.

Each moment a gift, a lesson, a light,

Guiding me forward through shadowed night.

I find peace in the whispers of the breeze,

In the sway of the trees and the song of the seas.

Though darkness calls, I rise and I grow,

For even in silence, the divine echoes.

--- Zar 11/16/2024