All the Things

a poem about malaise

Tolbert
Aug 29, 2021
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All the things that used to engage me

Now, I feel they cage me

I wake up feeling like doing all the things

and end up doing a lot of sleeping

Weekends as I age, fill me with despair

thinking on all the things I used to dare

Now, I think about all the things I have not done

and I want more than anything to have fun

Sleep drags me down

and my thyroid makes me drown

In all the things I have yet to do

and in my mind, sorrow doth stew.

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Tolbert
Tolbert

Written by Tolbert

Librarian and Information Specialist by day. Queer writer of poetry, sensuality, personal experience, and health by night. Instagram @tolbert_on_medium #BLM✊🏿

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