Pithy You Think?

We all have at least one burden we uniquely own
no matter how sincere others are
and find our greatest critic comes from within

The challenge may consume all our energies
tear at the fabric of our being
or be defined by observers as a whim

It is easy to be an advisor to others
when our own ship is way off course
and going nowhere without a rudder

Too busy keeping the glass shinny and clean
sterility the danger from words without movement
perhaps still obessed with the suckling of an udder?