Blessings

Count Your Blessings


You have many friends,
Count your blessings.
You have the love of others.
Count your blessings.
Your life is good,
Count your blessings.
Love is not far off for you,
Count your blessings.
You walk down the isle,
You see your friends smiling at you,
You see your love at the end waiting for you,
Your eyes begin to tear up,
You have counted your blessings,
You have seen your life unfold,
You begin a new future with the one you love,

Outside there is an old man sitting against the wall with his eyes closed,
His life uncrumples in his mind,
His descisions, his choices, his love
His loss,
His downfall,
His peace he used to have,
His every meal,
His every drink,
He counts what few blessings he has,
He gets up from where he sits to see the happy couple go into the limozine,
He smiles at them and he starts walking away,
And for a moment the couple look back and see the old man turn a corner,
His life came into their minds,
His peace, his love,
Their eyes were his for one moment,
And now they count their blessings,
And they see now,
They have far more than he ever did.