Gold

My first poem of 2026

Many things 
In the world
are 
great
If you have the courage to
notice the little things.
The ones with
that
courage
are
the dreamers 
the explorers
the authors
the artists
the kind ones,
the ones that find good in the bad.

Sometimes you may find something unexpected in your
life,
and feel happiness deep in your soul.
Like a 
friend or a
book 
or a song
or finding
hope that you have lost.

Some look at life quickly, 
and see the darkness, the bad things, covering up the
small specks
of gold. 
They decide to live with the dark.
The shadows,
the black.

But some turn on
a flashlight.