If When Then Together

If, When, Then Together

When the many complexities
become and feel as perplexities,
and when order is hard to find...
pay heed to what rules you(r) mind.

If information is too abundant,
seek ways not to be redundant
when keeping tabs and "keys".
Priorities show one what to seize.

If daily tasks are the juggle,
first do chores to ease struggle.
If maintenance is readily done,
other "chosen" works are fun.

When odds-and-ends are daily,
the only way to do them gaily
is to cherish what they give you:
the tools for what you want to do.

(If emotions are tangled about,
set aside what gives no doubt...
then look at each issue alone.
From conflict it is we moan.)

(When irresolute feelings abound,
Mind has lost the firmer ground
of remembering what we were
before "independence" became so sure.)

If people bring trouble to you,
recall how many times you grew
bringing trouble to others.
Even the fiercest beasts need mothers.

If you recall, you gain twice...
instead of suffering a lonely price,
there is identity and compassion
in the problems life can fashion.

When loved ones seem distant,
remember no one but an assistant
will hear them think aloud.
Missing that is the pain of the proud.

If grander issues tear your heart,
return sometimes to the start
of the feelings you have hidden.
It is by their force you are bidden.

(When loved ones and issues merge,
there is a silent, subtle dirge
pulling taut your heartstrings.
To each differs what life brings.)

Accomplishments, knowledge, and deeds
are often gruel by which ego feeds.
Those chemistries sprung late from soul.
Young aren't separate, but joining whole.

(When one recalls early learning,
it attached from universal yearning
to be closer, and a part of humanity.
This value is lost beneath any insanity.)

If confusion of mind can overwhelm,
it is that we see our self at the helm.
It is a forgetting of oneness in state
to believe any person controls fate.

First do chores to ease struggle.
Do priorities, not categorical juggle.
Listen to your own rules, and advice.
Gather tools and skills; think twice.

If the personal prices are too high,
use priorities that you actually try.
When your equations balance mind,
you find ease... less bothersome bind.

Family and loved one know, or grow,
at levels coherent to all, below,
that basics are better than none.
No true obligation should we shun.

Cherishing the puzzle itself shows,
breeds less competition, few ego foes.
Doing the work blends "if" and "when".
If if is fact then when is then.

We each deserve the best we own.
No one needs to work to the bone.
Whether using pencil, computer, or phone,
we should seek together, and never alone.

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