Don’t Worry. Write Poetry.

By adding up time

spent on worry, we’d see how

it subtracts from happiness.

~

By adding up time

spent on poetry, we’d see

how it multiplies pleasure.

Riding Out The Waves

When worry washes

over us and we fear we’ll

drown, what must we do?

~

We must do nothing!

We can choose to tread water

or swim for the distant shore.