A Second Chance

Knowing I don't deserve
a second chance at life
I press on
Realizing I didn't die
after such life-threatening
Illness in my body
It could have
turned out differently
but for some reason
my life was spared

I remember in that
dark hospital room
praying to my Maker
saying I was ready
to be taken home
should it be my time
It was left
entirely up to Him

I didn't deserve
the second chance
that I was given so
there must still be
work to be done for me
to do on this Earth
or surely I would not have
pulled through
so that I could
write these words
out of gratitude
for simply
being alive.