Saturday, 10 June 2023

OVER AMBITIOUS

OVER AMBITIOUS

There I sat
Lost in thought
I muled
Over
My life's lot...

The joys
Challenges 
What I have
Thus far
Achieved 
And had yet
To accomplish...

Pah!
I exclaimed 
I have reached 
A long way
But have
A longer way
Still to go...

What am I 
Gloating for?
I am grateful!

Folk around me
Climbed down
And up
In their
Doings...

Unhappy, always 
Grumbling 
Frowning...

Why complain
Be grumpy
Unsmiling
When they achieve 
All they
Can and more 
Why not be happy 
With their life's 
Lot?

I wondered
And asked a few
Who in 
Reply shrugged 
Unknowingly...

Funny, I to myself
Mumbled
That like
An overcast sky
People
Hold their breath 
Wanting to
Achieve 
More and more
Without thankfully 
Acknowledging 
All they 
Have done
Til this day
By the sweat
Of their brow...

Perhaps they should
Sit and ponder
As I do
In unspoken
Gratitude!

        FREDERIKA MENEZES 

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