Writing in Snow

Motivational Monday Poem and Gratitude List

Kamál (Perfection), 10 Sulṭán (Sovereignty) 175 B.E. - Monday, January 28, 2019

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There are 274 day until October 29, 2019. Today I begin the first of 200 poems dedicated to The Bab. I placed the beginning of the poem in my writing.com blog entry.

Gratitude List For 10 Sulṭán

Today I am thankful...
          ...that my Bank of America checking account is not overdrawn.
          ...for the mini cupcake to go with my morning coffee.
          ...that I was able to begin the first of the 200 poems dedicated to The Bab today. The beginning of the poem is found in "Happiness, 1 Muharram 1235 AH, and Letting Go of the Past" .
          ...for the homemade chicken soup I had today for lunch.
          ...that I have two feedback items for my February edition of the Fantasy newsletter.
          ...that it's been nice enough today to keep the door open all day.

Life Exists1

The miracle is that life exists!
It exists as coral on the ocean floor,
It exists as flowers in a hidden meadow,
and as trees on a snow capped mountain peak.

Life exists concealed in empty space!
It exists hidden from human eyes,
It exists concealed in the stone of comets,
It exists hidden as modules in asteroids,
and as living creatures on distant planets.

Life exist in the midnight of our fears,
It exists in the awesome joy of our hopes,
And in every direction of reality.

Life exists as a procedure to the enlightened,
It exists as a confirmation to the faithful,
And as instructions to the seeker.

Life exist in every corner of the universe;
It exists in every possible and impossible echo system;
And in an incalculable amount.

Life exists as humanity:
Humanity a single group,
and a single species sharing one planet.

Life exists under strenuous conditions,
That give a poet pause to think
and to immediately express the universe:
"We are the universe expressing itself!"

Poet's Note: ▼

I wrote this poem in 2002 in response to a twenty word prompt.

Footnotes
1  I posted this on Poet 999 - A Butterfly Emerges From Her Cocoon https://poet999.blogspot.com/2019/01/lie-exists.html.