Stretch

Ever have "one of those days",
where you can't please anyone?

Where everyone is pulling you
in a hundred different directions,
where everyone wants a piece,
where everyone has a different agenda...
and they all include you?

You push off one friend for another,
and they get pissed.
You push off one meeting for another,
and you get pissed.

Everybody's pissed.

At me.

Because I'm not at their
beck and call.
Because I don't treat "them"
as number one.

I'm just not "happy" enough for this person.
I just don't "smile" enough for that person.
I just don't "care" enough for this person.
I just don't "give time" enough on that person.
I"m just not "strong" enough for this person.
I just "give in" too much for that person.
I'm just not "pretty" enough for this person.
I'm just not "simple" enough for that person.

I just don't have what it takes for any of them,
including me.

There are not enough hours
in a day
for me to do everything
that is expected of me.

There are not enough molecules
of me,
to go around
to every single person
who wants one.

I can't stand the stretch.
I can't fulfill the needs.
I can't be that person
that they seem to want
all of the time.

I just can't be on,
always.

I just
can't
make

everyone

happy.