Your battery runs low
But the schedule says go
And so, you push it past the limit
Putting on an endless show
Until you find
You've lost the thrill
The skill you thought nothing could kill
And it's not dead
It's still alive
But you've forgotten how to thrive
You move from one thing to the next
Rarely pausing just to rest
And when you do
Your mind's not there
It's in the future
Everywhere except the present
The place you're meant to be
You're drowning in a sea
A sea of expectation and swelling anxiety
For too long
You've lived on stress
And this need to go, go, go
There's an irrational fear
That if you stop
Failure will grow
But I promise
It's okay
To ditch the checklist for a day
Feel the world around you
Let your worries fade away
Task completion is important
But it's not what life's about
Progress won't bring joy
If your battery's run out