why do we over compensate?
we over give, extend and prostrate
ourselves, and, in this giving we negate
we somehow fail to equate
that the “over” will cost us to deviate
to fairly in this equation negotiate
our own internal real estate.
allowing our energy to depreciate.
this pattern in our culture we perpetuate
this thread in our fabric we remunerate
in our schools this ethic we educate
to keep up, we over caffeinate
our nervous systems we inebriate
limited energy we misallocate.
how this pattern do we tolerate?
our needs we unconsciously obliterate
excuses we continue to fabricate
it has become a belief that we automate
take on more…do not evaluate!
this is what we subtly communicate
continuing in this way will not elevate
our minds to find new ways to participate
in finding new solutions to re create
our systems of give and take of late.
Learning to share and delegate
taking off our full plates we must relegate
learning new ways to self-remunerate
getting clear on when we ourselves nominate
discerning this old reaction we delineate
what has value to us now. we re-evaluate
giving ourselves permission to communicate
our limits, and boundaries before we self emaciate
no need to be self critical nor self deprecate
our health, our happiness we must calibrate.
before our spines we herniate
giving more than we take-we renunciate
this way of living and giving more than we update
will give cause and reason to stimulate
a new way of giving that leaves ample time to postulate
a transformative system we reformulate
where our needs and wants are allowed to rejuvenate
when we we add our names first to feed and hydrate
take in this new ethic, and re formulate
allow self love to grow and populate
every cell, organ system to permeate.
then we can to our- SELF compensate.
Ducit Amore 