JWG's Grand Hodgepodge —Blood Pressure (a poem)

108. Blood Pressure

Blood pressure
Hits the roof when I ponder politics.
I wish it wouldn’t.

Blood pressure surges
When I watch, or read, any kind of news.
I attempt to ignore it.

I breathe and think Aloha
To keep my heart steady and my pulse low.
I find this calms needless worrying.

True, one has to know what’s happening.
The limitations on what one can do
Are realized and the blood pressure goes down.

Too much eating is not good.
Too much exercise is not good, either.
Physical moderation is best.

As one goes through Life,
It is impossible to second guess
The trials thrown in one’s way.

Worrying
Causes the ultimate: A Heart Attack.
One needs to relax.