Lessons for Life

I have been most alive
In situations 
That challenged life.

  

When all is in doubt

The dearness of life

Is treasured.

In those moments

I held breath as sacred

And pulse

As the drum beat of survival.

I do not believe

These lessons

Require further testing.

But I do believe

These memories will surely carry

Into what tomorrows remain.

Life is stronger than death

And sweeps before it

All that is dismal and weak

All that is threatening and whelming.

To be connected to the living

Is hope.