Star gazing

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”

                                           Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan

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We all find ourselves in the gutter

From time to time

Life happens

We make bad choices

Other people make bad choices

We confront

Greed, fear, hate and lust

Our own and others

And then suddenly there we are

In the gutter

Surrounded by garbage

Covered with effluvium of our lives

We can lie hopeless

Staring at the mud

Or we can turn over, and look at the stars

We can find the bright bits of hope and love

That linger in the darkness

And with them

Drawing us one

Pick ourselves up

And continue on

One step at a time