LIFE IS SO BEAUTIFUL

LIFE IS SO BEAUTIFUL Life is so beautiful. Life is so beautiful. The door still sticks. I've stopped asking it not to. I ate standing up again, over the sink. Two floors down, a kid is learning to play. The same four bars since Tuesday. He hasn't got them yet. He isn't giving in. I told a friend I'm fine. She believed me. I was grateful. And I was alone. Nothing here is going wrong. Nothing here is going wrong. I used to need a reason. I used to need the day to prove itself. Now there's nobody here to say it to. Nobody to perform it for. And I hear myself say it anyway Life is so beautiful. I say it slow so I can hear it. Life is so beautiful. Nothing had to happen for it. And on the days I don't believe a word, I'll say it then. This year took two I can't replace. I won't pretend it didn't. I still lay the table wrong. One plate over. I leave it there and eat. I still say "we" sometimes. Nobody corrects me anymore. And yesterday I went a whole hour without remembering. I don't know what to call that. I don't have an argument. I don't have proof. I have a habit. And when the hour ends and it all comes back, I hear myself say Life is so beautiful. I say it slow so I can hear it. Life is so beautiful. Nothing had to happen for it. And on the days I don't believe a word, I'll say it then. I don't say it because it's true. I say it till it's true. Some days that's the only work I do. Say it in the car. Say it in the hall. Say it in the doorway of a room you don't go in. Say it to nobody at all. Life is so beautiful. I say it slow so I can hear it. Life is so beautiful. Nothing had to happen for it. And on the days I don't believe a word, I'll say it then. I'll say it then. The door still sticks. Two floors down, he's got the four bars now. He got them. It only took all year. Life is so beautiful.