Sharing Copedom

Alan Harris

How do you cope with nopes, with fallen hopes,

with must-haves that go poof in the night?

Do you glum out and turn numb?

I do, for a while. Join me.

How can you know what you don't know?

You need answers, but all you hear is

the inside of your head. Do you worry?

I do, for a while. Join me.

Is happiness just beyond the next locked gate,

and no one around with key or hammer?

Do you fantasize with fruitless wishing?

I do, for a while. Join me.

When trouble somehow dissolves from notice

and leaves you breathing free again,

do you smile a breath of thank you into the One?

I do, for a while. Join me.

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