Thank Gosh for movies, Thank Gosh for friends
Thank Gosh for silver tequila, Thank Gosh for the soundtracks from 80s b-side movies that no one remembers
Thank Gosh for two-sided conversations, Thank Gosh for car rides
Thank Gosh for heat in the winter and cold in the summer
Thank Gosh for water when I’m thirsty, Thank Gosh for the freedom not to care
Thank Gosh for silence and being alone and warm sheets and that moment right before you fall asleep that’s almost like the anticipation of a kiss
Thank Gosh for good-natured laughter, Thank Gosh for the listeners and observers with wide eyes and a full heart
Thank Gosh for the moment when anxiety leaves your body and you let yourself believe it’ll never come back, but also know that it probably will and oh my Gosh, this won’t last forever
Thank Gosh for the ability to try, Thank Gosh for clarity
Thank Gosh for now and then and now
Thank Gosh for that sunset this evening and that crescent moon with its sharpened blade
Thank Gosh for accomplishments making us feeling accomplished
Thank Gosh for fitting in with the out-crowd
Thank Gosh for all the memories, Thank Gosh for the ability to let some go
Thank Gosh for companionship and love, but maybe also for all the bad things in the world, so we can tell them apart from the good.
Thank Gosh for honesty and balance
Thank Gosh for the rules that I’ve learned so I know how to break them.
Thank Gosh for parents and brothers who care
Thank Gosh for forgiveness and patience
Thank Gosh for the nighttime peace that overtakes me as I will myself to close eyes and leave this planet for awhile
to enter the unconscious realm of dream that is connected with some dimension of the afterlife where maps exist and paths are being drawn and made and transmitted by radio into the synapses of our minds, making our hearts thump a little faster and harder as we wake up, trying to figure out what it all means.
Because we can’t take the map with us. So Thank Gosh.
because figuring it out is part of the journey.
And what is human existence without that?