Worries

Worries can be an annoying insect

Demanding attention until angrily squelched.

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Worries can be a painful sunburn

Simply requiring time for heat to dissipate and heal

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Worries can be rocks in your backpack

They may slow you down or even stop your progress

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Worries can be burrs on your clothing

They irritate and take effort to eradicate

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Worries can be splinters in your finger

Digging themselves deeper, requiring painful extraction

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I like to think of worries as weeds

I watch them grow into dandelion blooms.

When they seed, I blow them away.