The Status Quo - an Illusion?

Life, sadly, never stays the same
When you've got the balance right as rain:
Work, play and rest on even keel
The scales tip up – and so you feel

That madness reigns - it's so unfair!
But let's consider why we're here
And observe how collegues and close friends
Fight to cope with their loose ends ...

Dame Unexpected cannot wait
To pile up problems; we work late,
Kids fall sick, we're caught in traffic
Or there's a national strike – that's graphic!

People close-to, move away
Commitments clash - on the same day!
There's snow and wet leaves on the line
Or a family death at a bad time...

So the status quo is soon upset;
Somehow I never seem to get
My ducks all lined up in a row;
Life's river never halts its flow!

(c) Poet in the woods 2019