Equal Librium

Making a valium effort
To rise up and master the way
Popping for the shopping ,
Swallowing my pride
To help me on my misbegotten way

A fix on familiar destination
I sweetly sedately sustain
Hoping I`ll be coping
Bracing for the scurge
Of a day that is roaring down with pain.

Illustration : D. Baldinger (See link)