The Battle of the Oh Wells

Life lately feels like a growing list of “oh wells” 
The car broke again- oh well
Rejected from the 20th job this week- oh well
Dog shit on the floor again- oh well 
Can’t nail down a relationship to save my life- oh well
Neighbors woke me up at 430am for the 17th day in a row- oh well 
Money in the accounts dwindling- oh well


The list grows and grows
on and on
oh wells filling pages and pages
Each line taking a bite 
out of my positive outlook
gnawing
Slowly, painfully 
to the bone

6 months of oh wells 
Building their army
to try to tear me apart
limb by limb

Me waking up each day
Ready for battle 
Armor on
Weapons drawn

Even when sometimes
my shoulders sag
eyes dark and tired
Barely able to shuffle 
from bed
The fight continues

One day, I hope the list 
stops growing
as exponentially as it has been
And in the meantime, 
I’ve started a new list.

Jotting down all of the 
Thank god moments...
That list is growing too
And maybe one day
it’ll be even longer 
than the oh wells 

Until then, my positive outlook
and I will keep
fighting