Seeking

They carried me on

their shoulders and made sure I didn't fall

From the day I started breathing when all I could do was crawl

They didn't always have the money, but that never mattered

Our home was a home even if at times it was a bit tattered

I grew up poor, but had the richest heart I could have

Their were some hard times, yet we knew how to live, love and laugh

I transitioned from a child into teen

My attitude grew cold and my heart was mean

As this life began to make me hard

I chose to take all the good I knew and simply disregard

I chose an unhealthy pathway through the streets of life

Embracing it's cold darkness and squashing the light

But as time went on, I began enjoying small things

Like dew upon the grass, or the song a morning bird sings

Waking up with new breath

Or the cat purring upon my chest

Even in the midst of life's darkest hours

Allow your eyes and heart to search and scour

For if you seek it, it will be found

A beauty within and the beauty around