Things don't always go right
that makes life interesting
at least that is what I'm told
but I don't know about it
is a boring life so wrong?
can't I be happy with dull?
did I ask to have thrills?
interesting is over rated
stress, pressures and anxiety
deadline real and pretend
leading to ulcers, heart attacks
and sadly even more
anxiety makes things go wrong
like male pattern baldness
and even erectile dysfunction
the circle of life continues
lets get stressed about stress
take a pill to fix A
another pill to fix B
third to fix side effects
if only things went right
we would need fewer pills
our hair would stick around
and our......
I made a pledge to myself to write a poem a day for the entire year. Now to follow through. I preface this with a reminder; most of the poems written for this year long project will be done so spontaneously and therefore will not be edited. Bear with me on this. The project goal is to get them written over getting them perfect. Several times there will simply be the poem with no title. When that happens suggestions for a title will be welcomed in the comments.
Thank you for doing this! I love reading your poetry and am so proud of you for committing to it. Reading it never fails give me and smile or make me think.
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome, Lisa! Thanks for the comment. I know that I will be smiling every time I read this.
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