Learning To Just Live With It Poem by RIC BASTASA

for how many years have you complained
about this and that
from dirty linens to messy things
be it in bed or in the kitchen
from missing things to those that
remain to be lost
for how many years and years?

until then when you have learned to
simply live with it and dismiss what cannot
be changed
to simply live and rest and sleep and wake
up with all these constant things

time flies so swiftly and there is no more left
for all to worry
learning to live with all these and let all these
pass
and now unnoticed.