Status Quo

When you are spending time

with your ex-boyfriend

and wonder if you are “just” friends.

What happens when he no longer wants

to hang with you?

Would you want to return to being

a couple again?

Why does he think he has your

undivided attention?

Are you still in love with him?

Do you yearn for the day

he says he wants more

or are you fine with the status quo?

My Hope

I hope the future is brighter.

That the children can inherit a better world.

One where the people who hurt you are gone.

A world of peace and sustainability.

Wars are meaningless and useless.

To imagine a world where only ambitions push you.

Not the bully on the playground…

Wait, did I just describe Star Trek?

Two Dollars

Is the price of inflation

so bad that two dollars

is not enough for a bottled water?

Taxes and deposits

increase the price

until your money is gone.

Spent and drained

no one is immune to prices

going up and up.

When it is

your last two dollars

you learn the value of money the hard way.

My Career

I am in the wrong job.

I need the money.

But I am getting by.

My life is comfortable.

I have the time to focus.

on little things if I wish.

So why am I so scared

of looking for another job?

Excuses pile up each time

I broach the subject.

My confidence is weak

and so I cannot find

the energy needed to look.

Am I stuck here?

Or will I continue to whine

until my circumstances

force me to change?