Free Verse: Simplify

Sometimes, you need to simplify
your life and its surroundings.
Dismiss debris, direct disorder,
eschew extraneous efforts.

Sometimes, you need to cancel a subscription,
remove a feed, give up an addiction.
Sometimes, you need to examine your choices,
and think about what's really important.

Sometimes, you need to say "no"
to your boss, to your friend, to your partner.
Sometimes, you need to take some time
purely for yourself.

Sometimes, you might feel drowned
under the weight of all those demands
you've placed upon yourself--
uncalled for.

Sometimes, you need to allow yourself
to be selfish--
to put yourself first for once--
your friends will understand that.

Sometimes, you need to simplify
your life and its surroundings.
Sometimes, you need to take some time
purely for yourself,
and think about what's really important.