Poetry

I need to stop getting distracted.

First I start the kettle.

Then I get everything ready.

Mug in place.

I pour the water in to the filter.

For some reason or other

I wander away

Only to come back to

A full cup of cold coffee.

The weekend.

Relaxing.

Enjoying the company.

Talking and visiting.

Peacefulness.

Happiness with laughter.

Feeling good.

You worry

and do your best

to try to not make mistakes.

Yet, they happen.

The litany inside your head

SCREAMS

idiot

Idiot

ID I OT

IDIOT

You stupid fucking idiot!

Life presents challenges.

Survival being the top one.

Then, given leeway

we what satisfaction, pleasure.

The ability to thrive!

Yet most of the time

I seem simply able to confront the next obstacle

and sometimes overcome it!

Overwhelmed.

Unsure of what to do first.

I need help.

So the first thing willbe.

Ask!

It is easy to run out of money

when you are poor.

Essentials are gone through

very quickly.

What most people don’t realize

is that time is the one thing

we lose the most of.

Because in order to get the money

We have to work more for less.

And so we lose time.

May be bliss to some

but uneducated leads to exploitation

and slavery

whether of the body

or the mind

is merely an outcome

of thinking

everyone else has the answers

and they will save you.

They won’t.

Food is universal.

Fast food chains in particular.

Yet, even so

the taste is not the same.

Different ways of raising the meat

and even the water used in the bread

all combine to make fussy eaters – fussier!

I can not be sick!

I have things to do.

I have errands to run.

People to call.

Statements to gather.

Places to visit.

So sleeping in bed is not allowed!

Which is why that is where I really want to be.

Maybe it was preferences?

Perhaps because we were sick?

Or it could simply be

That the quality of the ingredients

Just were not what we were expecting.

So while we thought all food in this fast food chain

Should all be the same,

Apparently they are not.

We obviously have better beef!