This too shall pass

The air around me drips with disappointment

I can feel failure lapping at my heels like an ocean tide

Patiently gently biding its time

Building up to a crescendo that will overtake me and pull me in at a moment’s notice

The panic in my head is inescapable

I think that this is what is to be a gazelle

Stalked by the inevitable with no end in sight

Painfully aware of the end that awaits you

Or maybe more like a train

An out-of-control over-fuelled freight train

Speeding along the track and seeing the break in the rails just a little too late

But somehow I persevere

I remind myself of all the good days I’ve had and realize that

It was only a matter of time before I had a bad day

Somehow I remind myself to see beyond the now

To keep in mind that this too shall pass

Somehow I suck it in and take life’s beating for the day

Because I know that deep inside, tomorrow will come

And it can’t possibly be the same as today

This too shall pass