Extremely grateful

 Extremely grateful,

how could I not be?

I look outside, at the sparkling sea

and all the beauty surrounding me,

then remember the moments I have to share

with those I love and show them I care

The happy times, the angry, the sad

All are not equal, but all are not bad.

I've had a full life

and it wouldn't be right

to simply forget 

or to hold it tight.

I'm grateful
and I've got to let go

of what I've been given 

to others bestow.

A full life it can only be

when I give back what's been given to me.