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Life For Granted

Vivian Ennis
1 min readNov 22, 2018

A Poem Written by Vivian Ennis 08/15/2000

If I took life for granted, how would I feel inside
I guess I would be filled with a lot of false pride

I would start each day not caring about anyone, but me
being mean to everyone that is how I would be

Every day, with a chip upon my shoulder
never growing up mentally, as I got older

Caring for no one, except for me
not even the animals, or the birds that fly free

Never seeing the gift of life, I have been given
not even recognizing the life, I am living

Never being grateful, for what I have in this life
always feeling lack and a whole lot of strife

I would not even be grateful that I exist
just think of all the love, I will have missed

Disrespecting a lot of people, along the way
thinking they will always stay

So if I was to live life this way, you can see
I would never really be peaceful, or ever feel free

Written by Vivian Ennis 08/15/2000

I wrote this when I was younger!

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Vivian Ennis
Vivian Ennis

Written by Vivian Ennis

I love writing everything from poetry to thoughts about life ! Some old and new words to share. I am not religious but spiritual referring to God in my work!

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