aches and pains
can become reality
not always easy

death
can become reality
not always easy

grieving personal losses
can become reality
not always easy

saddened by losses of others
who have lost family/friends/homes/employment/relationships
not always easy

politics
becomes reality
not always easy

time is needed
to acknowledge reality

time is needed
to face consequences

time is needed
to begin to heal

refocus is needed
to remember lives that are leaving or already gone

refocus is needed
to celebrate times when bodies were agile, flexible, without pain

refocus is needed
to acknowledge life is different
and realize life has become a different reality

life continues
not always easy

so we take each moment as it comes
we take each day as it comes
not always easy
but survivable

we got through yesterday
we will get through today

and as for tomorrow
… tomorrow will be today when it arrives
and the next day
will be yesterday

reality
may not be easy
yet hope is always possible, around the corner, someday


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© June Maffin
www.soulistry.com/blog
@soulistryjune.bsky.social