I’m walking
but my legs are shaking.
I’m smiling
but my heart is breaking.
I’m hanging
but my finger’s slipping.
I’m surviving
but that’s not living.
©2021 Jai Lynn
Tag: stress
“Unwell”
Hunched shoulders,
curved spine
and pain
carving down a line.
Eyes narrowed,
focus unclear
and tunnel vision
only seeing near.
Clipped words,
tilted tone,
and a flood of emotions
ending in alone.
Only stress
will not bow.
It is here
right now.
©2021 Jai Lynn
Vignette #33 “Listen to Yourself”
Life is not for the weak.
That much I have come to know.
It will pull you. It will push.
Life is hard. Living, though, makes it worth it.
It’s about the extra bit of cream you put in the coffee that was bitter from the start. It’s about the light hearted movie you watch instead of typing the report that night. It’s about taking a little time to sleep in even though the sun is glaring on your face. It’s about the friends and family that are there to hold you close when winter winds blow and bills demand attention and the work never seems to end.
If you need a break. You take a break. That’s it. In whatever shape or way you choose.
Life is not for the weak.
It will pull you. It will push. It will drag you down to the darkest depths of the ocean and bring you so high out of the atmosphere that breath is no longer an option.
But breathe you must. Because you are alive and therefore you are not weak.
You are strong.
So listen to yourself and when you need to breathe… take that break and breathe.
Otherwise
you
will
break……
©2021 Jai Lynn
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