Life... Oh Life!

Dear life!

I may never truly understand 

Why you seem cruel and unkind!

Never truly realising your ways

Never fathoming your reason

For being this way!

What I do know 

Is that in every lemon thrown at me

You’re teaching me to duck and dodge

Or even make the most of

The situation I may find myself in

To make a glass of cool lemonade 

Or have a shot of tequila 

And raise a toast to you

You may give me a hard time

Or even test my limits at times

Not because you have it in for me

Or want to show me small and incapable

But you show me that life ain’t always

Sunshine and roses

There’s bound to be some rain sometime 

And I have it in me to make through

No matter what the weather may be

And through it all

You show me how capable I can be

Cause through the rough time, 

Through the hard time

You try and make me stronger

Show me that I can face anything

That’s thrown at me

Capable of soaring beyond my limits

Be best that I can be

Cause when the going gets tough 

The tough gets stronger!

Through the highs and lows

The ups and downs, 

Through all the twists and turns

You give me the tools to navigate through

To make it through 

On the path I’ve set myself on

To enjoy every moment

Of the journey I find myself on

You may not always let me have my way

Cause you know better

That what I want 

May not always be what I need!

In the end you help me be

The one that I was meant to be

Accepting me even when

The world may not get me

Not necessarily who I want to be

Giving what’s best for me

Though I may never see this

And crib, curse and cry

Never truly fathoming your way

You’re still patient with me!

For the friends and family

I will always be grateful to you

For the ones I am born into 

And the bonds I form along the way

People who will never let me be alone

Who I will always find by my side

And though I may think I am all by myself

Forever there’s someone there for me

Who will stand with me

And though I may not truly see

Will always care for me

No matter what, how, when or where

Or even who I am!

For this I shall always be grateful to you

Indebted to you for what you’ve given me

Cause though I may see you 

As a tough teacher

You always know what’s best for me

Help me become who I am meant to be!

And for this I Thank Thee!