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“What Does My Soul Need” by Trevor Witt

What does my soul need?
My body craves food,
And I like it indeed,
And it improves my mood,

But what does my soul need?
To be inspired? To be renewed?
On what does my soul feed?
Connection? Reflection? Attitude?

No one can answer these questions for me.
No one can be exactly like me.
Yet, I remain restless and uncertain,
As if getting to know myself was a burden.

What does my soul need?
Only to be, and to love,
To give thanks for existing,
All in praise of G-d above.

“Business is Slow/Working Three Jobs” by Trevor Witt

Business is slow,
But life is moving fast.
It has already been one year,
Since you left,
My heart on the floor,
Next to the mop bucket,
As I clean up,
My messy life.

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Working three jobs,
Not one of which is my vocation,
But I man my station,
Taking orders, making drinks,
Aware,
That there is no reset,
No button to start over,
No undoing trauma,
Only forward.