Great

No one 

Has asked me lately 

What I think 

Makes a life 

Great 

 

If they did

I’d say

 

It’s a stranger 

Offering to share 

A swim lane

At a crowded pool

 

It’s appreciating

The enough-ness

Of an average house 

An average job

 

It’s having 

A few dreams

Come true

 

It’s living the life you decide

With the people you’ve chosen 

 

It’s pursuing opportunities 

That light up your soul

 

It’s looking out for another

Because we all

Need a hand up

Sometimes 

 

It’s living unafraid in freedom 

 

It’s being kind because it’s right 

To be kind

 

It’s learning from our mistakes 

And becoming better humans 

It’s living in a society 

Where the schoolyard bully 

Would never 

Be elected principal

It’s living without fear

That a disability

A skin color

Or an immigration status 

Might land you

In concentration camp 

Might get you killed

It’s the simplest 

Of things really

That make 

Life great

So the question then

That needs answer

Why take these things away

And exactly who

Is life great for

When these things

Are gone