Slack

“Stop pushing so hard” “I can't take the pressure” I heard someone say just the other day “I really feel that I should do this... but I'm pulled the other way” As if we are caught in a web of our making all tangled up in each others strings Twisted and manipulated into certain duties when our efforts would be better spent on more important things Judging, demanding not understanding we all have struggles we don't always share And sometimes- just sometimes we need understanding a fragment of empathy compassion or care So lean back, stop pushing stop pulling those strings and exercise some feeling and kindness it brings Cut each other slack and loosen the tension for we are all struggling to just keep our heads Yes, gently throw down a few extra life-lines for we are all hanging by various threads