Life’s Bowl- a poem

WE all have problems, all our own~

The worst that they can be.

We carry them as weights in life

And long to be set free.

ONE day a friend said, “write it down

And put it in a bowl”.

And, so I did, releasing thoughts

Which lightened yet my soul.

“BUT wait”, she said, “as now you must

Reach deep inside again

And lift up someone else’s weight

For then you will begin”.

BEGIN- I thought I had released

To carry on my way.

But life is never free of weights

And there was more to say.

“FOR now, you must exchange your pain

With someone else’s strife…

And soon you will then realize

The beauty of your life”.

Retm