Balance Sheet Karma

Reconciling
life’s ledger
hoping 
it’s in black

Every deed
and every need
accountable
in fact

Debits
fighting credits
to balance
in the end

The jist of life
through joy and strife
where numbers
— will portend

(Dreamsleep: July, 2025)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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