The bucket

My mom and I were talking about being busy and trying to do too much. She responded with some very wise words, "you can't put ten gallons of water in a five gallon bucket!" She is right.

Thanks, mom, for inspiring a poem :)

The Bucket
A five gallon bucket
is all that I am
though I shove and I push
trying always to cram
more and more in my life
than can actually fit
til the bucket's too full
and starting to split

A small trickle begins
just droplets at first
til the bucket is bulging
and ready to burst
at the seams though it seems
it can hold it all in
but this bucket is made
for five gallons not ten.