Diagnosis by Symptoms Isn’t Helpful When There Could Be Any Number of Reasons

The day starts out grim

But comfortable.

Get busy dying,

You remind yourself,

Quoting a movie.

There’s sun on the cliffs,

Dozens and hundreds

Of thousands of swift

And violent deaths

Tallied in the news,

Soldiers, civilians,

And earthquake victims.

So what will you do

With your jaundiced view?

You’ll begin again.

Nothing left to lose

Doesn’t mean there is

No one left to win.