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The Gratitude List: Weaving Light and Dark Threads of Thankfulness

Appreciation's Many Faces: From the Mundane to the Profound List Poem

By DaphsamPublished 2 years ago • 1 min read
Photography and edit by Daphsam

The birds are thankful for their seeds.

The frogs are thankful for their hiding places in the reeds.

The dogs are thankful for their home.

The garden is thankful for its decorative gnome.

The cats are thankful for their milk.

The spiders are thankful for their webs of silk.

The bears are thankful for their den.

The farmer is thankful for the eggs laid by the hens.

The monk is thankful for achieving zen.

The trees are thankful for the rain.

The drug addict is thankful for his cocaine.

The doctor is thankful for the medication that can save lives.

The nurses are thankful they don’t always have to give bad news to wives.

The children are thankful for candy corn.

The parents are thankful for them being born.

The teenagers are thankful for TikTok.

The clock hands are thankful it never stops its tick tock.

The winemaker is thankful for alcoholics.

The shop owners are thankful for the shopaholic.

The pumpkins are thankful for Halloween.

The quiet person next to you is thankful for just being seen.

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Daphsam

A dyslexic dreamer who once thought reading and writing were beyond reach. Yet here I am, an artist, wordsmith, and illustrator—ready to weave stories and poems from my artwork.

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