I’ve sat here long enough watching the flame
of this scented candle of life burn slowly
whilst melting time into the wax of loss.
As I sit here exploring everything around me,
I find the appreciation in everything I see;
It is the fragrance of love that electrifies the air I breathe
that keeps me much alive even when I think
it has forgotten me and left me behind in the company of loneliness.
But it is here, in the now/ living in everything around me
that makes me the man I have come to be.
And as I recognize these inventions of life
I find the worth in the art of living as the value
in appreciating the simple things and making the most
of time because of everything around me
that has opened my eyes to see
that the delicacies of life didn’t shine until
death whispered in my deafness
and life slapped me across the face
waking me up to everything I wasted; everything I have come
to find joy; everything
that has become so precious to my survival– the life lines
that set me free;
free to live
free to love
free to appreciate
and free to value
everything around me.
© 2012
Tarringo T. Vaughan
