No More Self Pity

When I lost

the sight in one eye

I bawled like a child

wondering why

Feeling sorry for self,

well that was for me

forgetting the fact

that I could still see

My life now over

was the message unfurled

to me it did seem

like the end of the world

But it was only one eye,

what's happened to me

the self pity set in,

was this how life would be

My thoughts turned to fear

of losing the other

how would I survive

would I be a bother

it's not fair

why me

why can't I see

But I could still see

with the eye I had left

and then something happened

I was no longer bereft

I started noticing folks

that were worse off than I

with problems far worse

than the loss of an eye

That became the end of self pity,

the end of the fight

and I started to look

at the world in new light

I started to see

all the things I'd looked past

there was beauty in all things,

I could see this at last

Again such a change,

a new chapter in life

one that had opened

through pity and strife

It was a lesson I needed,

one I had not known I would

it opened the eyes of my heart,

it changed me for good

These lessons in life

though we hate them at times

if we wait for their reason

we won't see them as crimes

Look towards the positive

appreciate all you have

for when soothing the spirit

it's a wonderfully strong salve.