Day by Day

Life is a dark, dense forest

A formidable place we want to avoid

Still we tread on through it

Searching for bliss

Hoping for redemption.

Obstacles await us

Storm clouds loom overhead

It feels like chaos

Maybe it is

Maybe it is just our own voices pleading

The clouds sigh and release their burden.

The rain washes away regret

Lotus flowers bloom in the mud

Sun shines, birds sing, blue skies

We head home, renewed, refreshed

Humming a familiar tune.

Life is grand

Tomorrow we enter the forest again.

An endless cycle of loss and love