Everyday

We didn’t sail smoothly along the ocean current No one ever does But when the people you love most leave you it is difficult to see anything but the love We didn’t fly over adversity on a plane in the sky No one ever should But when you realise it’s all over you only want to see the good She got sick because she chose not to prioritise herself She got sick because she neglected an unknown heaven over a comfortable hell She poured from an empty cup into those whose cups were full She poured her good into things that weren’t that good at all The love she gave so effortlessly forgave the choices she wouldn’t make For the things she knew she needed to but would never choose to change The way she loved her children with every fibre of her being Was never lessened or diminished, her legacy rich with giving But I am not clouded by delusion I am not convinced there wasn’t another path or two she could have chosen I think it happened So that we could see What happens when you don’t prioritise yourself and admit the things that you need What happens When you let life silence the voice inside your mind When you let others make decisions that you should decide When you let life happen to you When you admit defeat When you let the heaviness of things engulf you completely We are not clouded by delusion Nor do we forget how good her good is We just take the consequences of her decisions and choose different So we don’t pour from a cup that is empty Into the glass of someone who has plenty We will not wait for someone else to hand us the key To live the life we desire As the people we know we were intended to be We aren’t waiting for anyone to come and save us And in the lessons that she left behind I trust That no one lives a life without imperfections or mistakes But that we all have a choice to choose again every day