I have recently had some improvements in my health that have enabled me to be less housebound. A former neighbor, who has her own health and mental health challenges, heard about my recent ordination and improvements and wrote this poem for me for my birthday. It surprised me as I have only seen her once in the eight years I've been sick, but my struggles have clearly been on her mind. You just never know the impact you might have on others.
Tide
Like the chime of a bell
Everything shifted so swiftly
Things I held for so long slipped away
And left me, so suddenly.
As time went on, I wondered
If I would ever be whole again
My life's journey
scarred with pain
Yet, as I continued to live
The world changed around me
Even though I didn't realize it as the time
I was changing with it.
As the sea pushed me out before
It pulls me in now.
I watch the sunset with new eyes.
And I am alive again
Reborn through suffering
Like the chime of a bell.
Gassho,
Koriki
s@lah
Tide
Like the chime of a bell
Everything shifted so swiftly
Things I held for so long slipped away
And left me, so suddenly.
As time went on, I wondered
If I would ever be whole again
My life's journey
scarred with pain
Yet, as I continued to live
The world changed around me
Even though I didn't realize it as the time
I was changing with it.
As the sea pushed me out before
It pulls me in now.
I watch the sunset with new eyes.
And I am alive again
Reborn through suffering
Like the chime of a bell.
Gassho,
Koriki
s@lah
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