Last night was dodgy, but I'm alright. Wrote a few lines in the ER:
Hospital waiting
It's not scary anymore
Whatever happens
I've had a pretty good run
Everyone gets a lifetime
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Sleep deprivation
Is starting to mess with me
Hopefully tonight
I can get the rest I need
To feel like myself again
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The yellow blossoms
Fading to silvery gray
Waiting for the breeze
To blast apart what there was
And make something new from it
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I've been sick for weeks
It's disrupted everything
I wanted to write
A few quick lines about it
Before I pass out some more
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Underneath the smile
I'm completely exhausted
But it's important
To put my best foot forward
Or people will get bummed out
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Friendships fade away
Even ones I thought would last
Pass along the same
I guess that I should have known
I'm supposed to be alone
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I wouldn't be here
Not without your partnership
And the life we built
We hold on to each other
And it keeps us strong and safe
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When I make mistakes
As healthy as I've gotten
There's still part of me
Bracing for you to find out
And reach for the leather strap
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Get carried away
By the currents in the storm
Fetch against something
Cling to it with all I've got
Have faith this will pass in time
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Somehow it matters
A little less all the time
These things that loomed large
Growing small here beside me
Shrinking away together
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Pull it together
It's not as all bad as that
Take a little time
Get a little perspective
And feel a little better
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A little shadow
Living in quiet corners
Remembering when
It was big and strong enough
Living meant more than corners
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Watching them moving
Effortless graceful and strong
How I used to be
Sitting off here by myself
Keeping a good attitude
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Good enough is fine
Scratch down a handful of lines
It doesn't take long
And I get in my own way
If I only do my best
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Sure, as long as you're not trying to sell me some marketing package, feel free to dm.
It got to a point
I couldn't outrun myself
I was exhausted
But when I turned to face me
All I wanted was a hug
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Kind of. I've actually got four novels published. Recently contracted for my fifth, as well. :) I do love poetry though.
Nothing and no one
Like a single mote of dust
Drifting contented
Never really in control
Not so worried anymore
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Thanks for that. :)
Healthy perspective
Like how I'm so much smaller
Than seemed possible
But take another step back
And I'm even smaller still
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Opening my hand
Letting go of these bright stones
Loving how they shine
Accepting they are heavy
Giving up what holds me down
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These intrusive thoughts
Insist that they're important
Meaningful and true
But they're just anxiety
Disguised as something helpful
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Taking things in stride
That used to get me rattled
By understanding
It's more my anxiety
And less the situation
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He'd be proud of me
The guy that I used to be
I'd like to show him
What I've been able to do
Because he didn't give up
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The way people are
Makes it hard to remember
The good things we do
When we try to be better
Than the way we've always been
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Harder than before
Fleeting like it's made of smoke
But I am still here
Moving steadily forward
Just to see how far I go
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I can do alright
Dealing with anxiety
Moment to moment
It is the year after year
That's really wearing me down
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It is amazing
How much easier it is
To deal with myself
When I make more room for grace
While I'm figuring it out
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It's hard to give up
This anxiety because
It is linked to times
When always staying alert
Kept a stressful kind of peace
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It's getting better
This chronic anxiety
Albeit slowly
A big part of what's helping
Is accepting that it's there
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