Sometimes
everything but everything seems to be going wrong and is almost too much to
bear. Then it’s time to take a step back and consider what to DO.
Tell
someone, preferably a close friend or relative who knows you well. A trouble
shared really is a trouble halved.
Seek
practical / professional help and advice. If you don’t know where to get
it…ask. (Your local Citizen’s Advice Bureau is always a good start if you have
money worries).
Come on,
folks. Nothing is ever quite as bad as it looks.
Try
resolving things instead of letting them get on top of you. If they cannot be
resolved, try making the BEST of things instead of the worst. True, it’s never
easy, but always worth making the effort. Don't try and muddle through on your
own either. We all need help and support sometimes. There is no shame in
asking. Besides, most people - especially those closest to us - LIKE to be
asked.
Remember,
if no one knows we need help, no one is in a position to give it. We have no right to complain that
no one cares about us if we insist on keeping our troubles to ourselves. Yes,
sometimes people let us down, society too. We can but try. More often than not,
being positive achieves positive results.
So come
on, folks. Let’s get a life instead of letting it get to us. [Could it be that Earth
Mother has the same idea? Now, there’s
a thought…]
PAST-PRESENT-FUTURE, EVERYTHING TO PLAY FOR
Up to the eyes in debt,
split with lover,
redundancy rumours
hitting harder
than media hits on war,
famine,
floods,
earthquakes, disasters
breaking hearts,
taking lives, and blaming
global
warming
when we’re
not blaming
each
other for never
getting
it right no matter
how we might vote
No ozone
hole to blame
for
street crime,
racism or
homophobia,
beggars
(all ages)
haunting
shoppers, kids
all but running
riot
in
supermarkets because
parents
afraid to say
no, stop,
don’t, mustn’t
or you’ll
grow up
with few social skills
and even
less hope
of
getting parole halfway
into a
life sentence
Must
start to get real, nurture
a better, kinder world...
Copyright R. N. Taber 2007; 2013
[Note: An earlier version of this poem appears under the title 'Making a Start' in Accomplices to Illusion by R. N. Taber,
Assembly Books, 2007.]
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