FOR GRANTED

The sun has shone above me, today
It did the same, yesterday
It will do the same, tomorrow
Because according to the book, it should be so

I have taken this pathway, all my life
There is no harm in it
There will always be flour for my bread
The oceans will never dry out - will have water, always

I will stand and complain - pay me for my own education
I know where to go when I am ill - GP
I will get on the bus - to get off at the next stop
There are Housing Associations - Homelessness is a myth

To the one whose life is spoiled
The sky is always blue and the morning always comes
They wake up today, they wake up tomorrow
It is simply normal - nothing inspiring

A child is born - a person has died
Winter has come, the leaves have dried
There's been an earthquake - natural disaster
All in life is explained - natural phenomenon

For granted you take every day
You take everything for granted
Not knowing that someone somewhere
Wishes they were never born
Not seeing that those who have died
Were not less worthy of life than you
They perhaps had more to live for than you
Not recognising that every time you wake up,
Every time you get back home safely
Every time you eat
And every time you smile
Is a miracle