Stage Fright

Goodness
What
Shall I say
Today

The day
Is even waning
In its
Hours
Like the fall
That is approaching
With
Its shorter days

But
These last days
Of summer
Though the holidays
Are done
For
School
And such

White things
Put away
I guess
Except
For sneakers

Well
My thoughts
Are consumed
With doctor
Visits
Supra-seasonal
I guess
One of which
Today
Resulted in some orders
I should follow
Into fall

With tests
And then prognosis
Into
The following steps
To take

And are you
Nervous over anything
You’d
Be entitled
And you should not deny
Your feeling when
It’s real

And isn’t fear
Real
My friend
As well as the faith
We’ve come to trust

And
Prayer for all
The easy things
Also the way
As belief
Is the
Way
Through
The difficult

What causes us
To fall
What reaches out
To lift us
Up
Again

C L Couch


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