Needing a Break

Needing a Break

I ask for assistance

I need to see good

The world isn't working

The way I thought it would

My body is aching

My spirit is ill

I'm only surviving

Through sheer force of will.

I pray for the strength

To keep moving ahead

I pray for the will

Just to get out of bed

I pray for some mercy

I can handle no more

I pray for the patience

To weather the storm

I'm grateful for those

Who are somehow just there

Who reach out to help

Who show that they care

I'm grateful for kindness

And for caring words

I'm grateful for silence

And feeling I'm heard

I'm grateful for sleep

My body to rest

I'm grateful for love

With which I am blessed

And now a deep breath

Then let it all go

Another step forward

I can make it, I know.

©Tracy Seekins