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A CAREGIVER'S FATIGUE
When we're wearing the fatigues of a caregiver
No matter the need, we gotta stand and deliver
Givers may timber without prescribers for self care
Even healers must remember to let down our hair
Some will declare war against us when they hear NO
Regardless of their anger, remember who runs the show
Know that nobody knows your weariness more than you
If you run yourself into the grave, then what will they do?
You must take a knee when your fatigue gets heavy
Allow no one to guilt trip you like you are a Chevy
Stand your ground firmly whenever you need some rest
We're super dooper troopers but there's no S on our chests
I must confess that I've learned this through trial and error
Now I invest in my rest and my vision couldn't be more clearer
I'm a giver, an inspirer, and writer but not super human
Doing all that I can as a man to not bust like a hymen
Slowing the rate of the date displayed after the hyphen
It'd be too late to see my mistakes once I've reached the end
We can only bend but so far before our star begins to dim
Descending into the ocean; but no longer able to swim
No matter the need, we gotta stand and deliver
Givers may timber without prescribers for self care
Even healers must remember to let down our hair
Some will declare war against us when they hear NO
Regardless of their anger, remember who runs the show
Know that nobody knows your weariness more than you
If you run yourself into the grave, then what will they do?
You must take a knee when your fatigue gets heavy
Allow no one to guilt trip you like you are a Chevy
Stand your ground firmly whenever you need some rest
We're super dooper troopers but there's no S on our chests
I must confess that I've learned this through trial and error
Now I invest in my rest and my vision couldn't be more clearer
I'm a giver, an inspirer, and writer but not super human
Doing all that I can as a man to not bust like a hymen
Slowing the rate of the date displayed after the hyphen
It'd be too late to see my mistakes once I've reached the end
We can only bend but so far before our star begins to dim
Descending into the ocean; but no longer able to swim
Published 11th Apr 2022
| Edited 19th May 2022
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11th Apr 2022 1:41pm
This is my first comment on the message. Hits right to the soul indeed. Never let anyone take more than what was offered. I'll be back to comment on the excellence of your verbiage.
13th Apr 2022 5:36am
Back for the second go around .
You weaved your rhyme scheme in such a way
That it flowed within the context of your message seamlessly
Nothing forced. No word salad or wasted verbiage
Excellence indeed
You weaved your rhyme scheme in such a way
That it flowed within the context of your message seamlessly
Nothing forced. No word salad or wasted verbiage
Excellence indeed
13th Apr 2022 4:51pm
7th Jun 2022 3:26pm
"We're super dooper troopers but there's no S on our chests " I tip my to those who put it all out there to take care of others.
Strong write brother.
Strong write brother.
