Standing side by side
Under same blue sky
Same warm sun
Same rooting dirt
One of luster
Other barren of life,
One beautifully adorned
One striped naked.
Waking day by day
Under the same blue sky
The same warm sun
The same rooting breath
Do I ooze life
Do I effervesce with essence,
Or do I drag myself around
Do I need reviving!
Given freely
This air to breath
The sun to warm
These nutrient to feed
What tips the balance
Each and every day
From vibrant and victorious
To defeated and discouraged
So fine the division
So refined the disguise,
Most times the only one to know
Is me and myself
Is it challenge
Is it gift
To make the choice
To pick the way
Each day renewed
Beautifully granted
Until the end
Until the curtain draws
Opening my heart
I see my blue skies
I feel my radiant sun
I know my granted blessings
With the view to accept
The aptitude for gratitude
The budding begins
The bloom inevitable
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