fatigue is a blessing

it's good to have

a project

to keep us busy, 

to shovel snow,

or to paint a room,

to clean the attic

or a garage

out.

we need

the mundane,

the hard tasks,

the blue

collar work to settle

us down.

sweat is good.

being tired

is a good thing.

aches and pains

are a blessing.

there's a reason we

have muscles

in our arms and legs,

to hunt and kill

and gather wood.

we're not made to just run

our fingers across a keyboard

and stare into a screen.