Lessons

Surely,Destiny would not forsake its purpose,
Nor life its ordained quest,
And yet challenges pile its heavy weights 
And obscure the paths.

My heart leads me.

It's not the world I seek

Nor the multiples of heaven

Just fruits, that sustains

and secure the being ;

freedom to breathe independently

till time sets me free.

The merit of this journey

is not the stars and pretty decors

that fills life's adventure book

but the gratefulness, the appreciation,
the learning , of the lessons,

life generously bestows.

Everything is but a mirage,

the illusions

of a world so temporal-

tomorrow is never a certainty;

nothing matters, yes, nothing matters

Oh God, except the worth of my being

in your presence .

-Marie Lee-