The Gift

A moment of gratitude

Life accidental. Perhaps that's what it was.
Though and yet I believe life knows well what it does.
And Happenstance isn't, but there exists something much more,
Found when life brings that of which you have need to your door.

No knock was forthcoming nor did any bell chime,
Yet there stood fulfillment. Right place and right time.
I did not ask of, nor did I ask for,
But that which was missing come forward once more.

Trusting in life to treat me fair and in kind,
Is a faith which holds fast and sticks firm in my mind.
What I was seeking was "Nothing", content with "Not More",
On the day that abundance made its way to my door.

With Kindness and Honor, a Self-Assurance ingrained,
Whole, Complete and with Trust therein was contained.
This is what came forward, without having been asked,
And I found myself able to breathe at long last.

To the force which provides for even an unaware need,
Which repays kindness with softness, ignoring our want and our greed:
For providing what I would not have thought to ask for,
I am humbled and most grateful, and I need nothing more.

Reviews

[Clayton Bardwell]

It's those things that come when I least expect them that I seem to enjoy the most.

And nothing was stirring, not even a . . . I didn't get that feeling at all.

[Shelley Holt-Lowrey]

Thank you General. Thank you very much.

[Marie]

To be grateful and admit it is a wonderful thing...

[Shelley Holt-Lowrey]

Hello Marie. Thank you for reading. I've missed you.

[Mrs Edith Hat]

To have read a marvelous story, followed by this exceptional poem leaves one bewildered at the skills you are able to present as a writer. Other writers on here may proclaim technical errors in it. One would suggest that it is based on their own vanity and lack of feeling. I class myself in this catergory, but appreciate the quality of both work and feeling.

[Shelley Holt-Lowrey]

Thank you much. This was written for and about. But of course one such as yourself can discern this.

[Shelley Holt-Lowrey]

slight adjustments made to address some of the technical errors. Still sounds a bit like The Night Before Christmas, but I'm satisfied.

[Mrs Edith Hat]

It reads nothing like The Night Before Christmas. I enjoy it as oppesed to feeling sick to my stomach. Do not negate your own skills young lady.

[Shelley Holt-Lowrey]

Rather Night Before X-mas esque but felt deeply. Needing to reach and stretch in this type of thing and try new rhythms and and meters. Just not with this piece.

[Constance Payne]

Gratitude is a wonderful thing, when we give it or when we get it.

[Shelley Holt-Lowrey]

Thank you for reading. And for commenting.