another day

Remember this from Junior High? 

Well… this is how I lived my life

Up till the pandemic. 

I already know the end. 

So I never had this burning passion

To accomplish great things. 

I chose to live a simple life. 

Now I kinda wish I had 

some of those trinkets and shiny things 

that everyone else has. 

I’m working on understanding 

My ego. Why do I think 

I would be better off with 

More trinkets and shiny things? 

It’s causing crazy cognitive dissonance. 

There’s some fundamental belief 

I need to root out. 

Something I thought was one way- 

But now I am finding out 

It’s not that way at all. 

Another nurse asked me 

If I had any great epiphany 

During my sick time with COVID. 

Apparently, this virus makes you think. 

Maybe that’s a good thing. 

We’ve witnessed a global shit show. 

One good thing is that 

we don’t have to wake up every day 

and check our phones to see if 

World War 3 had broken out overnight. 

Amen for that. 

This hurts so bad. 

It hurt in Austin in July. 

I thought maybe I walked too much,

Or landed wrong and sprained it. 

But now I can be rely walk. 

It hurts like a knife. 

Gradually doing more and more. 

Coming back after COVID. 

And I did t even have a bad case of it. 

Bad enough.  

My main symptom is fatigue. 

Call in 3 months time 

and I’ll be fine, I know…

Well, maybe not that fine

But I’ll survive, anyhow…

I have been questioning everything. 

Our government is crazy

 no matter who you vote for. 

People are kinda crazy, too. 

And often very mean. 

It took me 60 years to figure this out.