Shalom Freedman (Troy New York)

SADNESS CALLS ANXIETY ALSO

Sadness calls Anxiety also
The day has not yet really begun
And already I am lost in it-
What to do? What to work on?
Perhaps to try to escape and do nothing
A sure recipe for greater anxiety and sadness

‘Screw your courage to the sticking place'
I'll try-

These lines as a small beginning
To help me take strength and hope-

After all the years and with all the experience
Still
I am as if I do not know where I am
And how to begin this day.