Strength From Within
Torn by competing demands
How I wish I had a chance
Enter into a dream-like trance
Forgetting my present circumstance
We need respite care for mom again
You need to send our son for extra tuition again
The schedules are filling up fast again
Will these demands please spare me once again?!
But…no.
This thing blocking my peace called Life
(Any wonder it rhymes with Strife?!)
Leads inevitably to our demise
Our fates in the roll of a dice
Still…yes.
Such ruminations don’t have to dictate
How I live in the days that lay ahead
Or weeks, months, years. Whatever the date
I don’t have to feel bumped, bemoan or berate
I still have agency to decide what I want
To do with the time left with each setting sun
This world no longer leaves me feeling undone
The choice is still mine when to work or have fun
Here’s hoping when Life starts pressing in
I’ll recall these words and breathe again
No longer helpless and agonizing
But filled with a strength that’s from within
