jostled out of our ruts

micropoetry

Sometimes, in the midst of the chaos and the unraveling, I want things to be oh so very different. Usually, I want other people to be oh so very different.

Wanting others to be different causes two main problems.

The first is that I get myself ‘wrapped around the axle’. And, the more I focus on how I want others to change, the tighter my emotions and str…