Stress Will Find You

stress will find you where you are
even on a shooting star
even when your shades are drawn

even when you mow the lawn.
try to flee it and you'll see
sorting ashes from the peas

on a deadline from the fairy
when you're weary
even wary

even in a storybook
making wishes;
talking fishes

on the hook
even in your breakfast nook.
just accept it

and go on.
that's the short of it,
and the long.

mary angela douglas 27 october 2019