One taste is not enough

a bite of sugar is too much

 

time better spent not eating

rather, try exercising, breathing

 

instead of picking up some eats

find painting, writing tomes as treats

 

find some friends, and confide an hour

till you find comfort and special power

 

there’s steps to take, defects to free

and then you’ll find a happy me

 

when storms abound, never cry

meditation clears the sky

 

in self loathing never stray

and future, past be always gray

in present may you always stay

 

if worry e’er erupts your day

sing a song, go out to play

if nothing works

just kneel and pray.

 

-Sandra Johnson, 6/23/2019