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Gratitude
Thank you
for lyric and starlight
weaving around my soul.
I dress myself
in the ocean.
I wash my thoughts
in its water
to receive clarity,
to see the beauty
strikes of red, purple,
and white stitched
into the sky.
Longing has
a thousand pathways,
each one ending
in light
in a single flash
of gratitude.

There plenty to be Thankful.
ReplyDeleteThankful to have you as a friend.
ReplyDeleteaww Diane same right back to you
DeleteAs I look out my window this morning and see the freshly fallen snow I am very grateful to live in a northern climate with beauty in all the seasons.
ReplyDeleteNice poem, it takes so much strength to accept this fact and be grateful for having everything that we have. All the beauty around us - and the eyes to see those to start with.
ReplyDelete...I'm trying to be the best me that I can.
ReplyDeleteDear Marja, this is beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing. I am very grateful for everyone and everything in my life.
ReplyDeleteDear Marja,
ReplyDeleteI once read a saying that gratitude is the best path to a happy life. And I think there's something to it. I'm also very grateful to have met you—both in real life and through your blog with its wonderful poems. Your vibrant language always evokes images in my mind that resonate so well with my own inner world!
Many hugs and a wonderful Advent season 🕯️✨❣️, Traude
Oh dear Traude Thanks for your wonderful comment. I so enjoyed meeting you. Love Marja
DeleteMarja, thank you so much for sharing this poem of yours with me for Poetry Partners at The Skeptic's Kaddish. I have published and responded to it here:
ReplyDeletehttps://skepticskaddish.com/2025/12/02/receiving-light-or-bearing-witness/
Much love,
David
SkepticsKaddish.com
Your response is beautiful David
DeleteThanks❣️
DeleteThis is beautiful
ReplyDeleteI love it! There's nothing better than counting blessings. When we live in gratitude, we live in joy. Beautiful imagery.
ReplyDeletePrachtig! Er zijn zoveel redenen om tevreden te zijn, en tevreden zijn, zorgt voor een blij leven.
ReplyDeleteHey, hey-hey
ReplyDeleteHey, what's happenin'?
Hey, brother, what's happenin'?
Boy, this is a groovy party (Hey, how you doin'?)
Man, I can dig it
Yeah, brother, solid, right on
What's happenin'?
Hey, man, what's happening?
Woo
Everything is everything
We're gonna do a get down today, boy, I'll tell ya~Marvin Gaye