Forget Your Problems

 

 

Forget your problems!

Who can do that?

How is that possible, I ask,

Give me the facts.

 

I heard this at church

Just recently

But I’ve heard it in the past

Fairly frequently.

 

Forget your problems!

Who does that?

Tell me of anyone you know;

Let’s have a chat.

 

Try to forget a problem

And it comes to the fore

Thus, rather than forgetting,

You recall it more.

 

Problems, it’s suggested,

Hinder free worship

And forgetting our problems

Does the trick.

 

And “trick” it must be

Because it is not factual

That forgetting one’s problems

Can be actual.

 

At best it’s delusional

And therefore, can’t be real,

Trying to forget my problems

Is bound to fail.

 

As a matter of fact

I would not even try

For we are a total package:

My problems and I.

 

Stewart Russell © January 13, 2025