All these years I have been conscious
with eyes open and a upright
I’ve answered when questions are asked
although not always right

I’ve seen the sun in the morning
and the moon at night
felt pure darkness
and bathed in brilliant light

I have known joy and love.
Felt sorrow and despair
I’ve taken in life
the same as my lungs draw in air

Though I have been conscious
with eyes open and upright
Only for a short time
Have I truly been awake and in the light

When vision gets clouded with pain
and our life’s a chore
We sleep and forget
we’ve been given so much more

Others to love, grieve with and this life share
Our mind reawakened
not without cost
The same as all that is rare