we all have mornings like this
don’t we?
for no reason we have sleepless nights
our minds are invaded with problems
about tasks never completed
we think of things we said and wished
we had remained silent
we think of things we wished we said
but did not
we just want to roll over in bed
and go back to sleep
for several more hours
or maybe the rest of the day
but we can’t
okay we say let’s get up
we drink three large
cups of coffee while staring
at the TV
(it does not matter what we are watching)
we ask ourselves one question:
“are we really going to
make it through the day” and
are we too tired to matter to anyone
or to accomplish anything of importance?
we drink our coffee, we put one foot
in front of the other
and do the first item on the list
and we go to the second item on the list
and we start feeling good
and before we know it
we got a few things finished
we make the phone calls we dreaded,
finally
we are proud of ourselves and
will call our best friend
and say “met me for food and drinks
at the sports bar”
and now we fill like winners
and maybe we are winners
after all
we made it through another day