Sometimes I work until my eyes blur<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and my thoughts muddy;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I can\u2019t focus<\/p>\n\n\n\n
as I struggle to finish that last thing<\/p>\n\n\n\n
that needs to get done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My body hurts and my brain is numb<\/p>\n\n\n\n
from the efforts, the daily battles<\/p>\n\n\n\n
that I fight constantly on all fronts,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
draining my soul and emotional reserves<\/p>\n\n\n\n
until I am a shell, a husk of my previously<\/p>\n\n\n\n
vibrant self.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything poured out of me,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
every day to wring the most<\/p>\n\n\n\n
of the time that we are given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And then I take time to pour my heart out,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the last of my emotions on a page<\/p>\n\n\n\n
for you my dear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The last of me,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
freely given<\/p>\n\n\n\n
in the hopes of making you smile. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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