Be Grateful Poem by Angela Bontle Ditumiso

Life and her bunch of friends
Can get you thinking
You don't deserve more
Like it's not worth fighting
Like you should give up
On yourself
They really know how to make
One feel like
They're better of dead

Mind clogged
You try to look
For a solution
Or for a way out
But you seem trapped
In an abyss
You can't give
Much of a fight
Down there
Because the base
Is actually quicksand

Tell you what
No matter how hopeless
A situation seems
Don't stop trying
Soon light will
Shine through
Nightfall does not
Prevail forever
The brightest dawn
Will raise
The drop curtain
And the sky will be
Something to marvel

Don't prematurely
End the fight
It's rather sad
That death and giving up
Have won so many battles
They shouldn't have
Many have given up
On themselves or on life
And ran to their graves
Trying to snatch
An unreal solution
I'm telling you now
You don't have to
Reach out
It can get
Really tough, I know
I've been there
I've seen hell
I've lived there
For a little too long

Every hiccup
Is something to be
Grateful for
Every hitch
Is an impending
Elevation
We fall
So we can spring
Back up
So don't despair
When everything
Seems to be against you
Soon it'd be a
Thing of the past

Take a deep breath
Try looking at
The problem
From an unfamiliar view
Take your time
Be patient
See how all these
Negatives
Add up into positives?

Whatever life throws at you
Plenty lemon
Or a stormy human
Plant your feet to the ground
Bad days won't reign forever
Problems are just
A passing storm