A poem a day for 2013 - day 176 - poem 2 - Gratitude

For the sound of friends laughing
Talking
Sharing their lives
Stories
Secrets
I am thankful
For feeling the sun on my head
For work
For kisses so soft on my hand
For being appreciated
For quiet
For time to myself
I am thankful
For poetry
For words
For art
For ideas
For the simple in my very every day
For heat
For summer days
For hot nights
I am thankful
For the ending of proposition 8
For California
For freedom
Safety
Song