The opening question is one I have wrestled with for most of my life. As we head into a new year, I am thankful for all the good which has come my way and appreciative of the bad and the lessons I have learned. Happy New Year!


Lucky Enough

Am I
blessed or lucky?

Blessed implies
a higher being has granted
me the good things:
the people I love,
the special moments of happiness-
dots of joy scattered through time-
my health, that life has continued,
accidents not deadly,
my circumstances-
that I have always had enough.

No, it’s been luck.
Because for what reason
would I be entitled
to more than another,
just as deserving?
Or receive less
through some secret assembly line
sorting the spared
from the rejects
before they ever reach me?

I am in no way chosen
nor more deserving
yet here I am
with a life filled with luck.
Sure, there have been troubles,
even traumas,
of course, heartbreaks and heartaches,
but here, as my end approaches -
whatever one calls it -
you’ll get no complaints from me.



Poetry by Melinda K Zarate The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2025-12-29 at 15:19

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Sona The PoetBay support member heart!
yeah! wonderful...if life has a meaning..then its a blessing and if its all random...then its lucky..but i guess the secret is in alignment..but you said it beautifully.
2025-12-29


one trick pony The PoetBay support member heart!
It's an excellent question. Countless books of philosophy try to answer that question.
2025-12-29