Is it just midlife or an actual diagnosis that I should be given
Is it my personal shortcoming or can I be forgiven
For being disorganized, blaming it on ADHD
A disorder being diagnosed with increasing frequency
In middle-aged women who seem to struggle
With organization, appearing frazzled as they try to juggle
Multiple responsibilities on their plates, constantly overflowing
In different directions at once, their minds are going
Wondering what is wrong with them, when advice they seek
Many of them are given this diagnosis that seems bleak-
They are diagnosed with attention deficit and hyperactivity
I wonder what I would do if this were me…
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When midlife hormones, brains and busy lives collide
For a woman struggling with balance it is difficult to decide
Whether to seek professional help or to deal with it with a brave face
This is the dilemma before me, I am also afraid to embrace
The identity of a patient with a “condition”
Even if I have ADHD, I want to escape recognition
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So I sit here wondering whether the reason I am so disorganized
Is that I have attention deficit hyperactivity unrecognized
But the very next moment I will myself to get back on track
And prove to myself that the ability to get organized I do not lack
Passion...unbridled 