The heaviness of it
affects us all.
Some days we rally -
others, we fall,
either wailing or
writhing or
scrubbing, scrubbing
it all
away, only
to begin again
the very next day.
In vain can we
try to stem the
tide, the body's needs
and wastes are
the simplest truths
from which we
cannot hide.
Again we cry, we wail.
Again! To no avail.