This is not my battle,
this is not my battle,
I can let it go

This is not something
I can lose, not by wrong moves,
not by neglect,
this is not something that would benefit
from the weight of my anxiety.
I will not throw my weight around,
even in the privacy
of my own mind

This is something
that is well handled
by something much greater
than my small repertoire
of strategies

This is not my battle.
This is a time for me
to watch and learn.

©Wendy Mulhern
March 29, 2016