Amiable Thoughts for Someone in a Hospital

A Poem of Aesthetic Realism

May the things you say to yourself

Be the best for you.

May the things you hear from others

Be changed by you,

Be in you,

As the things best for yourself.

May remembrance of the past

Be your friend now.

May thoughts of the future

Be your friend now.

May you see everything you think of

As something which makes you stronger.

May life in bed

Be useful to you

For life everywhere.

May illness be great wellness,

As much as it can be;

And how much illness can be wellness

Has no end;

May be seen any moment;

May be and be.