for the trees

can't see the forest for the trees

surrounded by all these tall, tall trees and don't know whether to walk past, climb, run away or dig a hole and fall asleep

i do it to myself

that's how my life gets sometimes - i just overdo it, slosh away, waves up, into the deeps, riding the crest, crash, over the banks and into the shallows

skidding all the way out here into the woods

i do it to myself

computer tech, english teacher, mom, cello, arabic, cub scouts, house, tech teaching, bollywood, hindi - what the fuck am i doing? where am i going? if i can only keep my stress level down it can be ok. must keep whacking down the woods, must forge path, must move forward

i do it to myself

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Dense forest, dusk. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
Photo by Q.T. Luong