That's What Matters by, Coach Kathryn DeSouchet

Listen to the poem reading by the author!

The sun
Rises
Every morning

That's
What
Matters

I
Am
Alive

That's
What
Matters

I
Am
Loved

That's
What
Matters

I
Love
In return

That's
What
Matters

Birds
Sing
Every day

That's
What
Matters

Nature
Lives

That's
What
Matters

The sun
Sets
Every evening

That's
What
Matters

Life
Happens





Kathryn DeSouchet, MSW
Self Care Coach & Poet
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 Kathryn's Poems
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