~Ain't Life Funny~

I learned to laugh inside my tears,
I learned to be human in my most wretched years...

I learned to feel when I wasn't being touched,
I learned to give when I didn't have much.

I learned to be warm when I was cold...
Living real humbly, I learned to be bold.

I learned to live when I thought it better to die...
I learned to laugh when all I could do was cry.

I learned from below what it's like up above...
While I was hated, I learned how to love.

It was on the move that I learned how to rest,
While at my worst, I learned my best.

I learned about God, when it seemed I was damned...
It is when I was lost that I learned that I am.

I learned to be rich when I had no money...
These things seem so serious, 
but hey~ ain't life funny!?

(Written anonymously by a homeless poet)