Too Much Menopause

Too anxious about the to-do’s to stay asleep

But too tired to get up and do the list


Too achy and sore to feel comfortable

But too settled in to move my bones

Too hot to sleep in pajamas

But the room is too cold to get a cover

Too enraged to listen to the news

But too old to be let myself be ignorant

Too much responsibility and adulting

But the brain is too foggy to concentrate

Too late in the day to have caffeine

But too exhausted to make good choices

Too much for some people when I speak my mind

But too much silence will kill us

Too much to be grateful for in these 50 years

But too much wondering what I missed