Your life is a mess? In every way? <br />And no sign of change? <br />Your fault? Or that of others? <br />Does it matter which, any more? <br /> <br />Tears maybe? Time, then, <br />for a laugh… <br />try this: <br /> <br />thank your lucky stars – <br />or whatever or whoever <br />you might thank, in the unlikely <br />chance you feel like thanking – <br /> <br />for the freewill that allowed you <br />to create this lifelong mess.. <br /> <br />You’re joking? What a laughable idea! <br />That’s totally absurd and inappropriate.. <br />ineffective, too… <br /> <br />go on – laugh at the absurdity of it.. <br /> <br />Sleep on it… and if tomorrow morning, <br />there’s still the echo of your dismissive laughter – <br /> <br />something, a tiny something, <br />may have lodged in the mind, <br />saying, it’s not hopeless, not <br />there, where freewill and laughter <br />were first thought of.. <br /> <br />are first thought of..<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/in-the-steps-of-rumi-85-a-messed-up-life/
