In a smoke filled room.
Sitting drinking coffee.
Underneath a beautiful night sky.
Watching fireflies.
Standing in a bakery line.
Deciding which cheese to buy.
Lying in bed almost asleep.
Imagining a different world.
Helping a neighbour bring in groceries.
Laughing and smiling.
Running away.
As a chance to finally fulfil life.
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.
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