Appreciation

Why is it that we only choose to appreciate

someone when they die?

is it because we will never see them again?

before, if we didn't see them,

at least we knew they were there

maybe its because now we know they are gone

gone forever

Or is it because we don't know to appreciate

in the first place?

why do we build statues of people when they die?

why not while they are living?

must you die first, before you can really be

appreciated?

Is it because we find it difficult to appreciate

each other in the first place?

Why do we tell stories of remembrance to the

young ones when someone dies, and not stories

of when they are alive

Why do we visit them more when they are in the ground,

than while they are here with us?

Why are they in our prayers more when they are gone,

instead of when they are alive?

Do we learn from this and appreciate more now?

appreciate while there is life, instead of death?

Maybe we first need to learn to appreciate ourselves,

before we can others?

Appreciate

In memory of Pecasen...