How Many Worlds

How Many Worlds

How many worlds must I go through

to find my peace

Is it not where I am but what I do

that makes existence life

Feeling trapped in complacency

floating in that void between

what I want to do

and what I feel I must do to survive

Turning my back on passion

I work to survive

but without passion

I do not live

In boredom I toil

going check to check

and my passion takes a back seat

while I drive

to nowhere

and do

nothing

December 6, 1992   

Tressa Lee Breen