I think that life has a way of
Getting to you
No matter your age, no matter your experience
Disregarding your background or how much of a
Shit show
The past week has been
Life gets to you
Like a toddler tugging at your pant leg
Like a bee that keeps buzzing past your ear and just
Leaving
And coming back
And leaving
To scare the living daylights out of you on repeat
Life gets to you
Like the predator gets the prey
But sometimes all you can do is stand
Wait
Wait
Life has not yet won
You are still strong
You are always strong
You are reading this
Life has not gotten to you
You have seized life by the neck and claimed it
For your own possession.
YOU ARE READING
Still Standing
PoesiaI think that life has a way of Getting to you No matter your age, no matter your experience Disregarding your background or how much of a Shit show The past week has been Life gets to you Like a toddler tugging at your pant leg Like a bee that kee...