By John W
Painstaking
As in doing it thoroughly
With great attention to detail,
Taking great pains in the process
It had seemed the triviality of the returns
Did not merit the obvious effort needed.
How had it once been so eloquently put?
“The juice ain’t worth the squeeze.”
If You Are . . . . .Painstaking
Contempt prior to investigation long abandoned
Hope reigned supreme
Defects removed in humility,
Allowed The List to be made
Then came the clearing away
As with a leaf blower in autumn
Only these leaves, once amended, came not back
They were gone, not to return.
No bad penny these, a clean slate
Hope in this new found freedom
Had blown away discouragement
Slowly, new behavior had replaced old habits.
A new outlook swept away despair
At least for this day, this one day, Today.
Tomorrow’s challenges would wait, yesterday’s were gone
I needed only to trudge today, that I could now do.
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