Other people find this hard too
Other people spill their coffee before the first bleary-eyed sip
and believe they’re unusually clumsy
Other people get to the till
only to discover
their wallet is still on the kitchen table
Other people fret if this is the right way to spend their lives
thrown into panic by comparison with
Other people, who lie awake at 2am
remembering that excruciating thing they said five years ago
Other people stare down their own reflection
and tell it sternly that no one else is like this
that other people have got it together
But what if
you invited your anxious heart
to sit and drink tea
and listen in silence to the birdsong instead?
