Ballast - Dec. 28, 2025

it seems harder each morning

to get up off the ground

the sun, of course, makes me

lighter, dries the damp feelings

a nice moment with another person

gives buoyancy and lift

what seems critical though

is to reduce ballast

dump the mental loads, the luggage

of worries, the heavy dirt-sack futures

I want to start each day cheerful,

don’t you?

I’ve no need to fly, the weightlessness

of a bubble is enough

and there’s no need to be somewhere

just floating up and anywhere