Healing

Happiness does not require a cure.

Neither does feeling at peace with illness.

Otherwise, I am sentenced to discontentment,

Gripped by anxiety or resentment.

If happiness presumes wellness

I forego each day’s openings—for

Passion and learning, significance and purpose.

For indescribable joy with those I love.

Looking at the horizon for a cure

Must not take my eyes away for a cure.

From beautiful vistas and

Sacredness before me.

Illness teaches this.

I am also learning that,

While it may surprise us,

Healing can precede cures.