Accidental Poet

Survivor

In the course of my lifetime

I’ve survived many injuries

Scrapes, cuts and bruises

Even gone under the knife for surgery

But the scars that run the deepest

Are injuries not of the flesh

On the pages of my memory

I wish they weren’t still so fresh

I’m a survivor of the world

I’ll take a lickin’

And keep on tickin’

Made my share of mistakes

And I’ll own them with pride

But you might notice

A brighter glow I have inside

For its traveling that hard road

That makes me yearn for more

To dig deep within myself

And know what’s there at my core

That the hardest questions

Can have the simplest answers

All the lessons in life

Will make me a better dancer

And when God calls me home

I know my life will be reviewed

All my faults and regrets

Ethics and morals too

For running the gauntlet of life

And reaching the end with a smile

Hopefully God will take into consideration

That I still know life is a gift with every mile

Yes, I’m a survivor

But I’m not alone

We’re all survivors

Sisters and brothers, a family known

You lean on me

And I’ll lean on you

We all got each other

And God’s got us too

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