11/11/2000

You’re Not Finished Yet

Groaning deep inside

Not really want to do

What I’ve been asked.

Begrudgingly I begin my task

And then lean back

Rolling my eyes upward

And letting go of a frustrated sigh.

Jeez, is there any other way

This can get done

Besides me having to do it?

There’s no answer from anyone

Because no one’s there.

I’m speaking to shadows

And swirling mists of thoughts and feelings

That have no home except in the hearts

Of those who know better

Or think they do.

So I begin my work again,

Dreading every moment.

But then I’m finished,

Voila, what a relief!

I’m smiling and feeling as if

Someone took my burden

And frustrations and threw them to the wind.

I feel so much better.

I can’t believe how awful I felt earlier.

I don’t understand why I felt that way.

The end result is actually quite wonderful,

If I say so myself, and whether you do or not

Makes no difference because

I’m finished! Hooray!

Jim Stewart/November 11, 2000