L'chaim is a Hebrew word used to toast 'to health and happiness...

This poem is an ode to different shades of life, the happy and the sad. Each one of us has experienced similar times differently...

I have always felt an innate inkling to relate the abused with the abusers, at the blood and bone level. Life on this planet is unique on a micro level, yet these differences set us apart.

Our expressions give away to the discerning. For we are to survive we continue unto the unknown beauty of life, celebrating the hurdles... L'chaim.