Saying Yes

I’ve been saying yes to life,
and life has graciously
embraced my worn out soul
and mending heart
and brought me to my feet.

With every broken nerve and torn out bone,
I’d beaten myself numb and gone
to great extents to make myself
believe this life forlorn.

For every lifetime spent in agony,
I’d given up; but now I feel
the seconds coming back to me,
I feel like I can breathe.

For now, finally,
I’m able to say yes to life –
a great herculean task, a fight
that never meets its end, no cure;
but sometimes, (sometimes,) it gets easier.

Now I’ve been saying yes to life,
and life, it took me for a ride.
And I know this will pass sometime,
I’m not living a lie.

But lately, I’ve said yes to life,
and life said yes to me.

~Aditi.P (10/12/18)