The gratitude poem

Thankful I am

For a thoughtful mind

A beating heart

And a searching soul

Even when the heart has bled

When hate whispers goodbye

The heart will not die

Mindfulness of the wider world transcends

From one life to another

Inscribing the human condition

When we share in life’s blessings

Abandoning the pain

 The sun comes out again

-Camille Delaquise

This poem appears in RISE, Camille’s second contemporary poetry collection. The gratitude poem explores thankfulness as an act of resilience — finding in tenderness, awareness and shared humanity a way to endure suffering without surrendering the heart’s capacity for renewal.


This poem is available as a contemporary poetry print on textured recycled card.

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