"Thanksgiving
Prayer 2006"
Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri
11/20/06 5:15 am pst
The facade
of personal existence can be ripped from my place of residence
Yet at least I can be thankful that I am maintaining living quarters
No matter how many outside forces cause unwanted changes
Because some living in this world cannot be said to be so lucky
There are many in strife without even a home in which to live
The winds
of scattered circumstance whip away resiliency
Yet I remain resilient, attuned to wanton weather's whiles
No matter how violent the weather or dry the well
Giving thanks for this resiliency and staunch resolve
I am grateful that no rain has fallen into my immediacy
I might
be alone after all these years
Yet I will sup my feast with friends and neighbors
No matter how many times I might spend Thanksgiving alone
I have never starved for sustenance
Whilst many in this world will suffer and go without this Thursday
My eyes
may direct my sight to views of seeming disregard
And diligent doomsaying, torn open to those circumstantial winds
No matter how many blighted or blistered vistas in my periphery
Still these eyes remain sighted, and sense has never been slighted
So many have lost limbs and senses, throughout the evermore
Another
year turns, another milestone passed, another day of thanks
Another chance to listen, to rejoice, to lift mine eyes heavenward
Another chance to reach out, to touch humankind in
his vast and virulent disregard.
To soothe him as much as I dare, to lift his spirits, to show him
I care
I give thanks,
again, for the joie de vivre, for exhilaration, for wisdom
For the knowledge of what is right, and proper,
Even though sometimes I have erred, and badly decisions made
Which stifle my thanks as I prepare the fruits of those decisions
But revel in the graciousness that I have learned to live with
My mistakes, and to learn from them.
Poetry
2006
