Gratitude in the time of Covid

Deepest gratitude comes when it appears little to be grateful

When it’s easier to differentiate wants and needs

Where is the thankfulness when hospitals are full

Holidays are cancelled

and family is far away

Where is thankfulness 

When jobs are few

Money is tight

And food can be scarce

Where is thankfulness

When you feel betrayed by your neighbor, 

Your country, or your body

Thankfulness is found when your world crumbles

Yet beauty shines through

When you find yourself lacking

Yet you find the Lord faithful and abundant

That beauty abounds in grace and faith

Not in the grind and the revenue

So our cups were emptied

And hopefully filled anew

With faith the brings gratitude

There may be a shorter list

In our thankfulness

Because it has become void

Of stuff and things and experiences

But in the space 

Grew gratefulness 

That seeps in and fills the gaps

And suffocates all the hollow tenets

That took residency there

Like useless happy meal toys

Filling up the toy box

What remains is precious and sacred

What remains will remain