I’ve seen enough suffering

Maybe had a little too much too

Even if it’s just a drop in the ocean of pain

Even if my blessings are still too many to count

And I should thank God every day

Still sometimes I feel the weight

Making every step a little harder than the last

So I don’t see the point in adding more

Just to get ahead

Just to serve selfish ends

Even if it seems the world is designed

For those willing to take advantage

I refuse.

I don’t know if my life will leave any marks on this world

That will echo more than a few years

I honestly suspect it won’t

In the end that’s ok

But I won’t give up

In every step I take

I will try

Try to do no harm

Try to do one small thing at a time to help

To leave this world just a little better

Than I found it

And that’s enough.

• Poetry