Gratitude

Gratitude is mine for the way you taught me to shine

My brilliant muse, borne aloft with shimmering wings of love

You saw through the shadows and brought me into the light

Gratitude is mine for the way you taught me to sing

My melodious muse, dancing with an ethereal grace

My world was encased in a deafening silence until your voice found mine

Gratitude is mine for the way you taught me to love

My resplendent muse, healing all wounds with a salve of compassion and mercy

Life breathed into a heart whose dirge was sung long ago

Gratitude is mine for the way you taught me to live

My precious muse, whose very essence brought me back from the dead

Purpose given to a life once believed lost

Gratitude is mine