get your hands around it

when life is going well
i am terrified that i may die
at any moment
or suddenly discover
i am terminally ill…

it is a shame.
doubt fear
uncertianty
they plague
every mind
im sure.

there must be people
out there who go
through life and suffer
very little.

i am one of them.
most likely
so are you.

i only think i suffer
in all honesty
i am just a rich
bag of neurosis
and wallow
and o so
spoiled and
comfortable

but i am beginning to feel good about life
because i am finally getting my hands
around it