Measure and Fix

Dance at Insane Asylum Date: 1907 Artist: George Wesley Bellows

Measure and fix
Sweat and persist
New ideas and clever twists
“This will be over soon”

Persevere with pride
“I’ve defeated it this time”
Shout and shiver
Fight and rage

A new day
New optimism
More energy and more patience
“I’ve got this”

Except the walls, they laugh
“Is the joke on me?”
Everything stinks and I feel queasy
I really thought this was gonna be easy

The world spun
and spun
and spun
Until I accepted the struggle.

Then I won.