I Worried

August 10, 2024

Hello Lovelies!

I love poems and this one from one of my favorite writers, Mary Oliver, hit the spot. I consider myself a recovering worrier among many things. 😅. Let’s enjoy our lives ladies. We just have the one (as far as I know) 🙏🏾❤️🧘🏾

I Worried

Mary Oliver

I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the rivers

flow in the right direction, will the earth turn

as it was taught, and if not how shall

I correct it?

Was I right, was I wrong, will I be forgiven,

can I do better?

Will I ever be able to sing, even the sparrows

can do it and I am, well,

hopeless.

Is my eyesight fading or am I just imagining it,

am I going to get rheumatism,

lockjaw, dementia?

Finally, I saw that worrying had come to nothing.

And gave it up. And took my old body

and went out into the morning,

and sang.

Picture of dragonfruit on counter.