Life is Beautiful

Life is beautiful
And that takes into account it’s un-beauty
Because life too is suffering
And the banging of one’s head against a wall.
But life is singing in the shower,
One moment in a series of moments,
One somewhat normal moment we value more 
When facing death.

We strive towards living
Most of our days,
A petal is nourished by the sun’s light,
We live by breathing air,
And we may not strive much to do that
But living is so much more.

Our faith, our hope, our work is the depth of life
Despite sometimes what we see
And experience,
The way we continue on is beautiful,
We face things,
We conspire against all that is un-beauty.

For what is beautiful about life
Is also what might aspire before our eyes
And the miracle of sight,
And what we might read
And the miracle of words,
And what we might do
And whether we dance and take part.

Tears express grief and pain and joy and love,
The tear is a wonder,
A beautiful release
That is received in another world,
It’s amazing and beautiful the way things work -
The way the universe ties into other universes,
The way we even exist and we cannot fathom how -
That’s wow.

This moment we have on earth
Is our chance at a beautiful life,
By design we strive for living,
By miracle we are here right now,
By love we are conceived,
By logos we communicate and act and think,
By standing in awe we realize things.
Life is indeed beautiful.