I Cannot Escape Who I Am/Blessing In Every Way I Can Poem by Shalom Freedman

I cannot escape who I am
Why should I? I wonder
Just another human being
Is another human being also
I am here
Soon I won't be
Life has been good and beautiful
Kind and innocent-loving also
Gratitude is required
God gives so much
Of the pains and losses and disappointments
Let them rest for now
I am and I have been and I will be for a certain time
Only God knows what will ultimately be
Let me write to the end in my own kind of dream
Let me perhaps give to a few others
Love and kindness and goodness and happiness and hope
Blessing in every way I can.