Where I Am

On a treadmill again

Sweet acrid sweat drips
Into my eyes quicker
Than I can mop up
My YMCA neck towel in white
Black and red. I said,

I'll step it up today,

A little faster --  a bit longer,
But my feet say not today, Sister!
Instead I stretch myself just
To reach yesterday's goal.
No matter what I decide
My body always sets the pace..

Self Talk

(The Blues)

I didn’t work out again today

Oh, I didn’t work out again today
Someone says just do it, but it wasn’t me, hey!

I don’t know where my will power is

Now, I just don’t know where my willpower is.
No, I’m gumming and eating like nobodies biz!

I just come down on myself well enough

Yes, I come down on myself well enough
I’m not settling nothing, life’s  always been tough!

I think I’ll get up now and go to the gym

I think I’ll get up now and go to the gym
Especially now that my excuses look dim!

Pattern

Treadmill registers three miles as I read.
Now I can bathe, go on with my day,
until night when  I lie down,book in hand.
I'm in a pattern  and wonder,
can I still read sitting down?