8/30/2024

I suppose life is about juggling

Finding your rhythm in keeping everything in the air

Living isn’t about resolving these things

Surely that’s the goal of urgency

But, the real test in resiliency is juggling

How do you manage when life inevitably feeds you another ball?

I don’t know how to juggle

Life has been feeding me balls like I’m in a batting cage

Before I recognize the first, the next one’s loading

I wonder if the method matters

I don’t know how to juggle…

But I’ve learned the game- keep everything in the air, at all costs

So I load up all the things

Some I hold under my armpits

Some I clamp down on with my thighs

And I can balance a hell of a lot on my head…

You’d be surprised

I play hacky sack as they begin to fall

Catching them just before they hit the ground

The balls are made of rubber and glass

But I can’t tell the difference until I let one slip

And the consequences rattle my rhythm

I routinely have the urge to let it all fall

Oh, what would it be like to have no balls at all…