Shattering My Own Myth

Repeatedly I tend to fall in the trap

Of thinking I can do it all, I can tap

Into an inexhaustible source of energy

I think I have an indefatigable spirit within me..

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So I overextend myself without thinking through

The ramifications-soon I am struggling to do

Justice to everything I’ve spread on my plate

Leading to a perpetually haggard state..

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I am slowly coming to terms with the harsh reality

That a superwoman I am not cut out to be

There are limits to what I can do in a day

I need to prioritize and then chip away

At my tasks, one by one so l do not decompensate

Before completing even half of what’s on my plate..