When You Just Don'T Have It

When you just don't have it 
  Do you throw up your hands
    Do you quit on yourself

Or do you fight to regain it 
  And give it your all
    Not grasping at straws
               or clutching the air

Do you take a break, Why not? 
  and come back to it later
    Hum a tune, sing a song 

Tap your feet, let the shower run long
  Perhaps take a walk down by the river
    communing with nature...

Do you talk to a confidante, complain
  Rant and rave, spill your guts
    Or do you just admit ~ 

Even a finely-tuned machine can get stuck in a rut
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Adams Avatar
April 15, 2021 at 2:56 AM
Feel like this one was written for me ... I take a break walk away spend time with nature and come back to it later :) enjoyed this one :) hugs
Mohammed  Avatar
April 14, 2021 at 9:20 PM
This is wonderfully written, Gershon. I'll be sure to take your words with me on my down days. Cheers!
Wolf Avatar
April 14, 2021 at 9:23 PM
And here's hoping that you have very few 'down days' when you'll need them, Ansar. Peace, Gershon
De Beaulieu Avatar
April 14, 2021 at 11:59 AM
Hello Gershon, yes even a finely tuned machine can get stuck in a rut. Enjoy yuour day my friend.
De Beaulieu Avatar
April 15, 2021 at 10:29 AM
Hello Gershon, i did not know that. Thank you Gershon. the same to you my friend.
Wolf Avatar
April 14, 2021 at 4:03 PM
Yes, even a Slinky can get stuck in a rut. (They do, you know). Happiness always, Darlene.
Lawless Avatar
April 14, 2021 at 5:05 AM
...I tire easily of losing arguments with inanimate objects and go in search of a hammer.....
Wolf Avatar
April 14, 2021 at 4:00 PM
Ha, ha, ha! May I send this gentle reminder your way? -- When you get ahold of that hammer, John, not everything is a nail, you know! lol. Cheers, gw
Kendrick Avatar
April 13, 2021 at 10:35 PM
I like this one. My muse has been stuck in a rut lately. LOL..Enjoyed reading this one. Your visits to my page are always encouraging. Sara
Wolf Avatar
April 14, 2021 at 3:59 PM
Hope you have extracted yourself from the muck and the mire by now, Sara. Always look forward to see what's on your page! Happiness and Halos, Gershon
Boles Avatar
April 13, 2021 at 10:33 PM
I've had many of those "when you just don't have it moments" G.W. This certainly is a "Winner"!!---Anselmo
Wolf Avatar
April 14, 2021 at 3:51 PM
Ha, ha! Hope you have fewer and few of those moments as the days and weeks and months pass, Anselmo! Cheers, Gershon
Krutsinger Avatar
April 13, 2021 at 9:54 PM
I do all of that and more knowing it will return on its own time.
Wolf Avatar
April 14, 2021 at 3:50 PM
You have more confidence than I do. I guess I'm sort of 'When it's gone, it's gone,' kind of guy. lol. Here's to Trixie and you. :) gw
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