I draw in closer

It is hard to make sense of the world right now

I have to disengage myself from negativity somehow

Being reactive and outraged is not helpful to anyone

By acting on impulse, more damage can be done

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Let me stop doom-scrolling in a manner compulsive

Less mental space to the drama of current news I need to give

When everything changes in less than a day

I should not let my sanity go astray..

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More than ever, on finding fulfillment in my vocation I concentrate

I lean in to my family support, acknowledge the bounty on my plate

I draw myself in a close circle as the world around me

Appears to be fraught with confusion and uncertainty