Gratuity Loss

It is easy to lose touch with the gratitude we should all possess.
The gratitude for the opportunity to become what we are today.
We were given a gift, the gift of humanity. The chance to become a person.

It is incredibly frightening to me to know that I could have become any other creature.
Such as a bird flying above, to be looked upon by humans as a simple occupation.
Or a horse, to be used by humans, never to earn the chance to become one.

We are given the gift to become a human, when we could have become nothing at all.
Only a prospect of thought and creation, never to become a factor, just a chance.
Do not take for granted this gift bestowed upon you, for it is a great one.

We were given the gift of life, the gift to be, become, create, and live.
Some were not as fortunate.