I thank whatever is wrong with me
for teaching me how to take
whatever goes right for me.
When I tunnel
the darkness
it heightens the light,
and I mourn so routinely
I explode with joy
at any unexpected grace.
I know how I appear to some,
how clumsy my stumbling life
must seem to some; laugh or rage
as you wish at that, as you see fit.
But all that poison you wouldn’t imbibe
I’ve drained and gulped,
and I dare say that because of that,
when the agony lifts now and again
I roar and grin and grin and win
where you might only smile.
I thank whatever’s wrong with me
for how I praise whatever goes right.

January 6th, 2013 at 7:32 pm
hold on
some things
go right?
damn!
I never knew….
January 6th, 2013 at 11:07 pm
It happens.
January 6th, 2013 at 8:32 am
Absolutely! I know that path so well.