Poem: Moving through water

 

Poem: Moving through water

Abby Weyr 13 March 2023

 

Still water

Moving water

Both have pressure

 

Water up to neck

Most of time

Sometimes lower

 

Always there to make

It harder to move even

When water is still

 

Sometimes with flow

Sometimes against flow

Always some pressure

 

Doesn’t hurt

Just takes effort

All the time

 

Tired of making

The effort

To move

 

Frequently feel overwhelmed

Not drowning just overwhelmed

And too hard to move

 

Can’t raise feet to float

Or to swim

Only walk

 

Don’t know why

Don’t know what burdens

Hold feet down

 

Don’t know how to see or

How to lift those burdens

That won’t let me swim

 

Or how to let the

Water drain away

To walk free

 

Effort

Energy

Inertia

 

Tired of effort

Little energy

To counter inertia

 

Reduced to

Bump on

Log

 

Feel worthless

Though even a bump on log

Has a purpose

 

Can’t decide where

To go for help

Too many bad decisions

 

Overwhelmed with options

Overwhelmed with decisions

Overwhelmed with backlog of work

 

Tired of constant

Water pressure

Making hard to move

 

Tempted to give up and

Leave mess for others

Better able to handle things

 

 

 

Hard to see this as just a

Temporary problem

Seems like always been there

 

Never goes away

Little faith or hope

To ever be better

 

God and Jesus

Is an answer

Practicing my faith is effort

 

Tired of climbing

Mountain of life

Alone

 

Know life not suppose

To be easy

But not so hard all the time

 

Takes effort to move

From bed to

Recliner

 

Sometimes that is all can do

Even reading is effort

At times

 

Tired of trying

Rebel against

All the should be doing