Season's Greetings Poem by M.J. Lemon

Notice that when something
really, really bad happens
you can count on that
one good friend to say
"Well at least..."
and "it could be so much
worse" or maybe even
"One day you'll see the good."

Isn't it just possible that
some things have no greater good?
Why assume the silver lining?
Sometimes damage is just damage
and harm has no other companion but
grief or sorrow and thoughts
that you tell yourself and no one else
stalk you from the moment you wake up

Good or bad there is a lesson to be had
Perhaps one is that consequences do not
hold hands with victims who stand aside
live and let live and yet are greeted
by the point of a blade. Those who fly or climb
or jump or surf or tempt and lean on free will
may learn to lean on metal or wood or plastic
Prosthetics that nurture one's true character

Becoming one's own friend may involve meeting
free will and accepting that from the beginning
some outcome befitting should tell others of our person
Another may see that an action or result upended
"I was just minding my own business"
Like a December holiday the good and bad
can be what we make of them free of lies
delusions wishes claims beliefs fantasies hopes