Poetry

Progress has been made.

Delays happen.

Set backs occur.

Things are dealt with.

One more step in this journey.

Only when it is over

can the results be conclusive.

Until then,

work will always be needed.

I don’t want to fight.

Every morning.

Some weeks

all I want is a simple

errand done.

Reasoning with other human beings

can be exhausting.

There was fun to be had.

Things forgotten.

Time alone to think.

Reflection back to self.

Friends cheered up.

Puzzles solved.

Refreshed and almost ready for the upcoming week.

A mountain.

A swamp.

A bayou.

An ocean.

A tree.

An island.

A jewel.

A building.

Am I?

Do I need to be awake?

No.

Am I?

Yes.

To see nature’s glory?

No.

The cats got me up.

But I am glad to see the colours given to the sky.

You jump out of bed

eager to take on the world.

Or the tasks that lie ahead of you.

Other days

you want to throw

the alarm clock

out the window.

Every time I need to read something

I have to take off my glasses.

Yet in order to read the street signs

I need them on.

Laser surgery is out of the question.

So new glasses?

Or simply accept the fact that aging

is not always fun.

I switch back and forth

between confident

and uncertain.

Did I do this really important task

or will I find out

at the end of the month

that I did forget to do it.

So now

I do the only thing I can do.

Choose between call

and ask

or simply ignore it

and hope

the consequences

aren’t horrible.

My thoughts frustrate me.

Always negative reviews.

How could I do that!

You are the worst!

You should be more like them.

Accusing me of being a bad person.

When will I learn that I’m not perfect.

So are everyone else.

Comparing myself to them is useless.

Since they do the same

Why not just believe in what I do

And know I can trust myself to do the right thing.

Even if someone else thinks it is wrong.

Time flies away

When you realize

What tasks were still undone.

Then you rush to get one done.

The most important one.

The one that gives you joy.

Happy thoughts.

Time to find the well deserved rest.