“Appreciate It”

by

I find in your eyes a dim unease;

In your tone of voice a flat timbre;

In your smile a light crease;

In your vigor a vague fatigue;

In your spirit a passing distaste;

In your essence a quiet dread;

But I do not blame you.

 

The times is hard, traveler,

But look at what we have…

Gander at the people;

At the laughing babies,

At their blooming lives,

And suffice upon that image,

Appreciate it,

And accept it.