don’t mistake
I am not lamenting a passing
I am here to extol!  the opportunities  the lessons  the chances we get
by putting one foot in front of the other
doing our part it walking
wearing the skin suit we have been given
believing as we must  for what is left if not for this 
believing  we are here  and there is so much
reason
beyond chance
exceptional chance
to turn the tide
even when  especially when 
the heart feels too weighty to lift its head