“Do you feel confused, uprooted, at a loss-almost depressed but not quite?”<\/p>\n
Sure always<\/p>\n
Doesn’t\u00a0everybody?<\/p>\n
We play this game called life<\/p>\n
You know-<\/p>\n
Job, family, home<\/p>\n
Creative frustration<\/p>\n
Walking a fine line between<\/p>\n
healthy and dead.<\/p>\n
It’s a bad juggling act at an empty circus<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Confused? Sure.\u00a0No one told me<\/p>\n
Most of what I should know<\/p>\n
I found out the hard way<\/p>\n
Once I figured it out<\/p>\n
I find out I’m wrong<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Been uprooted like trees after a tornado<\/p>\n
Happened so many times<\/p>\n
I can stand upside down<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Lost? Never been\u00a0found<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
And depression?<\/p>\n
We dated for years<\/p>\n
Depression is that bad relationship<\/p>\n
That won’t give me back my key<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Yes- life- good times there<\/p>\n
Headaches, bosses<\/p>\n
Dishes and unmatched silverware<\/p>\n
Frolicking in laundry and car repair<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Lucky I made it this far<\/p>\n
Haven’t slit my wrists<\/p>\n
or driven off a cliff<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The body holds and the laundry piles up<\/p>\n
Money problems and bouncing cell phones<\/p>\n
Take your pills and water the plants<\/p>\n
Feed the cat and mash the potatoes.<\/p>\n
It’s all there.<\/p>\n
Like a\u00a0found wallet<\/p>\n
You gotta look inside.<\/p>\n
You hope for riches<\/p>\n
You end up with dimes.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
(First line taken from Finding your Way Home by Melody Beattie)<\/p>\n
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