I rejoiced

By Aileen McPherson

Survive a holiday get together, feeling

Nervous, do myself a service, sit and draw, ease

Jittery hand busy makes mind steady, cold deep

Bones feel like breaking, nerves consistently

Shaken, body weak makes mind bleak, present

Stay mindful, look to the future, goals simple make

Successful life, journeys new down roads old, lives

Intersecting at the crossroads where new journeys

Begin.