WORRY
In Memory Of A Special Friend
| There's a reason why I wrote this verse I hope you'll pardon me If I offer some suggestions From home-spun philosophy When we are small, we worry small And worry never stays But when we get big, we worry big And the damn thing lasts for days And when it gets us rattled It dulls the mind with fear And that same damn pesky worry Can hang around all year We can fret and sigh and wring our hands And wear a worried frown But the more we let it conquer us The more it gets us down I think that fate determined That we all should feel some pain So in this life of sunshine We must have a little rain But this gift of life is treasure And we'll taste more pleasures yet So we shouldn't feel like quitting When sometimes our feet get wet And many of the problems That seem to be so tall Have fears that are unfounded They don't eventuate at all As we travel on our road of life Some anguish it can bring Yet this thing that we call 'worry' Has never solved a thing And when we hit a rough spot There's a lesson we should learn There's heaps and heaps of difference Between worry and concern If we confront the problem calmly Perhaps an answer we will find But a useless state of worry Just clutters up the mind Worry is an enemy That makes our thinking bland We think more about the consequence Than the problem that's at hand And if you have many problems Don't commit the 'thinking' crime Don't try to solve them all at once Just take one at a time When you consider more than one You spray your thoughts around And the answers that occur to you May not be very sound And this thing we know as 'worry' Plays a very nasty trick It not only clouds our thinking It can make us very sick I often write my problem down With details plain and clear Then sometimes as I study it An answer will appear Don't let the problem overwhelm you Steadfastly stand your ground And think clearly without worry Until an answer can be found And if the problem has no answer We should push our fear behind And just let the damn thing happen Then it can't destroy our mind When I ask myself this question I'm often happily surprised What's the worst thing that can happen If my fears are realised?" Sometimes I find the answer Is a consequence so small And though I seek to solve the problem It doesn't worry me at all When sometimes the threat that hovers Could be so hard to combat We should tell ourselves with confidence "Hey, I can cope with that" I think of all the people Who face hunger every day And the many who are living But their mind has gone astray So many carry burdens That never will be solved And when I compare my problem My fears are soon dissolved And many of our problems Are the kind that never last As time flies by so quickly They're dim memories of the past If you think about some problems That you faced in yesteryears And how they now have vanished It may help allay your fears You survived those distant problems That made you feel so blue So grit your teeth and say out loud "I'll beat this bugger, too" Though storm clouds seem to gather And you face an angry tide There's sunshine and calm waters Waiting on the other side So push your cares behind you Keep good cheer and don't be glum Keep your smile in working order For the good times yet to come If an answer still escapes you Don't let that be the end You should try to talk about it With a very trusting friend But if you start to drown in worry Then I make this plea to you Please get yourself professional help It's the wisest thing to do Depression is an illness That can grasp the best of minds And worry is the pathway That depression often finds Sometimes we miss the tell-tale signs That hide a loved one's strife If we are more observant Perhaps we'll save a fading life I lost the dearest friend I had To depression's grief and woe And if I could have helped him That's a thing I'll never know And it's through that painful memory That I chose to write this verse Too many lives are taken By dark depression's curse We formed a bond in childhood And we watched the seasons go Until our youth was far behind us And our hair was flecked with snow We'd shared so much together I knew him, oh, so well And yet I missed the signs that warn us I missed the signs that tell He kept his secret hidden He faced his problem all alone And yet, I feel I failed him I wish I'd only known K.D. Abbott © 2008 |
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