They say to you,
”Adopt a dog!
Sleep eight hours.
Play tennis.
Meet a friend for coffee.
It’s that simple to stay afloat
On first world problems.”
You hand over your 200 USD, grateful,
And vomit, projectile, your ennui.
That feels better.
They forgot to tell you though,
About the free information
From the One Who Watches,
The Witness Within.
The one who got you onboard
Before you paid the blood money
For audience with the Jungian Oracle.
The one who was there
Before your Herculean heaving
To avoid the rock,
Pass up the hard place,
Squeeze past the sirens
That would have you crash
Slap bang into the devil,
The deep blue sea.
Comrade,
In the end, it’s you.
You - and your board.
French kissing the ocean,
Riding the wave.
~ Tara Sahgal
