Anxiety

So much
Anxiety in
So many of
Our lives why
Am I surprised
So many turn to
Pills to calm them
Whereas as I turn in
Need to salted in the
Shell peanuts popcorn
And reading the rules to
Board games complex but
With no one to play against
Still savoring the vagaries of
History musing perusing all
The variables of old battles
Campaigns wars and once
In awhile writing a poem
To pass the seasons
Comfortable with
My friends even
If we do not
Keep in
Touch.
Anxiety I
Observe in
Some as they
Medicate to calm
Themselves none of
Them seem amenable
To a good game of military
Or even naval warfare but do
Like their pill of choice plus
Supplements to get from
Pill to pill treating the
Symptoms but not
The problem of
Finding a pet
Or friend to
Love more
Than
Their self.
Children are
An option but
They do not tend
To reciprocate with
A few exceptions who
Stand out as beacons of
Civility and dutifulness rare
In any age so I humbly
Urge those who want
Appreciation to get
A dog and for the
Others with high
Anxiety a cat or
Two to pass
The storms
And get us
Through
The end
Less
Days and
Nights of snow
Or chirping summer
Nights reassured by a
Love unconditional
Of our pets canine
Feline or an equal
Codeficiency we
Can share
With a
Love
Whose
Gentle touch
Brings solace to
Our battered hearts
A pillowcase embroidered
With their sweet name
And so to hell with
High anxiety
Choose
Pillows
Over pills.