Everyday it's the same old routine <br />You rise and go to work <br />Return home, go to bed <br />Living for the weekends, unless <br />You have to work them too <br />Trying to keep the bank off your back <br />And your creditors at bay for a bit longer <br />To maintain a reasonable roof over your head <br />Keep yourself and your family clothed and fed <br />Doing what repairs need to be done <br />To prevent the house from falling down <br />Somehow managing to find the odd pound or two <br />To do all that D.I.Y <br />Because the insurance company says <br />You don't meet with all their regulations <br />And thus, won't cough up the necessary <br />It becomes too expensive to live <br />Yet really and truly, you don't want to die <br />Well anyway, not just yet <br />Still in spite of all the doom and gloom <br />There comes an odd moment to brighten your life <br />And whatever it is, that does do this <br />It makes you grateful you are, in spite of everything <br />At that moment, still alive.<br /><br />Marilyn Shepperson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/everyday-misery/
