This day gave me the most beautiful package, though not for tomorrow <br />Not knowing that inside, the beautifully covered box, lay a “Noble Truth” <br />“All life is suffering” or reckoning with or without unhappiness <br /> <br />Today is my birthday, and I celebrate <br />A new moon is more than a <br />Quarter ways down life’s path <br />My insight into my dream grows <br />Brighter nearing the end of its cycle <br />Wish I were an unchanging star <br />Shinning brighter evermore…But <br />I burn out and shine no more. <br />A time for introspection as I sit <br />Night watching the moon growing in light <br />Saluting the sun every morning’s rise, and <br />Watching it return to the dark. At my best, I rest… <br />From the sun, I rise like the morning dew, <br />And as a red lotus, I sit, breathing life in delight! <br /> <br />Inhaling the north, south, east, and west winds <br />Then breathing out all those things that don’t serve me well <br />Training my eyes to strain to see through murky yesterdays <br />Focusing on family cycles, friends, and romantic love that <br />Blooms in spring, and a love that expires in wintertime: <br />Young love and old love are equal. <br />Filled with today’s comforting memories, <br />And letting go old ways <br />Experience the giving and receiving <br />Of boundless love and compassion <br />The epilogue of this poem <br />Can be told at the demise of the main character. <br /> <br />Her birthday is every tomorrow <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> May 20,2014<br /><br />Almedia Knight Oliver<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-gift-every-tomorrow/
