Every Day – A Poem About Fatigue and Hope

Every day, I wake up, and I am already tired. 
My soul yearns to do so much. 
Yet my body and my brain are often mired.

Every day, I wake up, and I feel so inspired. 
I want to help the world become a better place. 
Yet, I chronically lack the energy required. 

Every day, I wake up wanting to do things that people admired.
I wish to connect, create, and cultivate. 
But every night, I go to bed with much to be desired. 

And yet, each day, I wake up with hope hard-wired.
Always determined to do more, to do better than before,
With a heart that burns love like a kiln forever fired. 

So if one day I wake up with that hope retired, 
I hope you’ll help me find myself. 
For I must be lost in some terrible darkness that’s transpired.

More About This Poem

I’ve been feeling depressed and poetic this year and recently wrote a few poems as a result. April is #NationalPoetryMonth, so I’ll share the others I wrote as I find the time.

This is a poem I wrote last month that is about dealing with fatigue and executive dysfunction in this capitalistic hellscape while maintaining a sense of hope. Between my AuDHD anchoring me down most days, mixed with the compassion fatigue of being immersed in coverage about the ongoing genocide and the caregiver fatigue of taking care of my disabled mother, it’s getting harder to get through the days and feel productive. I am so tired. But I am also always trying, and I’m always hopeful that things will one day get better.

Whenever I start writing a poem that starts off heavy, I often try to end it on a lighter note because, for me, art is about finding that light in the darkness, even when feeling completely enveloped by it.

I hope others can relate. <3

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