The Right Amount

The Right Amount

You ask me how I can waste
so much of my time worrying
and all I can think of in response
is to wonder and worry
how you cannot –
for there is so much to worry about
in the world and don’t you know
that if you worry about something enough
it won’t come to pass
and is instead chased away
but only if you worry the right amount
and no one knows for sure
how much that is
so you worry some more
just to be on the safe side.

You ask me how I can waste
so much of my time worrying
but how can saving the world
ever be a waste of time?