So much to do, but I can't move a muscle
Completely worn out after desperate tussle
Spiralling down, I fought like a cat...
'til eventually collapsed like a soggy drowned rat
 

Life's now slipped away - I have no control...
left to flounder in one hell of a hole!
The pressure's still there, demands still arrive
but I just can't respond - I'm barely alive
 

Can only rest, defeated and glum.
I sure did my best, but now need my Mum
Vulnerable, weak - what will become?
Nowhere to hide, nowhere to run
 

Completely 'all-in'- no more can I fight
Tired and haggard - a miserable sight
 

I only can rest, but what of tomorrow?
Repeat this foul pattern? Re-visit sorrow?
Will impatience and fear drive to weariness again?
Is this all that life offers to ambitious men?
 

Break out of this cycle? - Surely I must?
Overwork then exhaustion has got to be bust!
Perhaps if I focus a little bit more...
on what is essential, and do nothing more...
 

Give some burdens to others that weren't really mine.
Let go some control - so I can feel fine.
Learn to say "No" - they say it's a skill!
Delegate responsibilities and tasks with a will
 

Do I need so many achievements to get up life's hill?
Can only money and ownership ever give me a thrill?
Can I manage with less - to appreciate more?
The beauty of nature? Friends at the door?
 

A balanced life does not have to be dull
Could go at things 'steady' - not charge like a bull!
But what of impatience? And what about fear?
And how would I cope with less wine and less beer?
 

Meditation exercise, yoga, friends...
calming and energising these weird "New Age" trends!
But first there's the grieving for what I have lost...
and the healing of driven-ness conditioning's wounds..