Self-Evaluations
I worry too much
about my heart rate,
my kids’ lunches,
and the laundry
about the gardens
and the weather,
the chickens and
if I’ve fed the dog
about supply chain
issues and elections
and covid and guns
about fires I can’t control.
I worry too much.
I try to sit them all
down sometimes,
scatter them like seeds
out in the field or forest
where I walk,
resting my tired brain,
renewing my hopes,
and then I pick them
back up one by one
on my way home
examining each
with fresh eyes.
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I can relate, and I think you convey the struggle very well.
I love the image of scattering the fears like seeds.
examining each
with fresh eyes.
It’s the only way for it to be bearable. Sometimes.