Just Tend My Territory 🎵

Here’s a big song for a big subject. I will let the lyrics speak for themselves.

“Just Tend My Territory” lyrics

We all have a territory
Our very own domain to tend 
It’s the center of our story, 
The home of our experience.

		Oh, but why do I
		Find myself tending everyone’s but mine?
		Oh I’ll try—can I 
		Teach myself how and where to draw the line?

Just tend my territory
Listen to my needs here and now.
Stop overstretching, overpouring.
I can’t help them if I’m falling down.

Just tend my territory
Do the next thing that seems best to do
Within the facts I see before me 
Not the ones I’d like to be true 

Just tend my territory
Not what others think and feel
Just what reality is for me 
If they don’t like it, they can deal.

		And now here comes the fear
		Other people encroaching on my sphere 
		Stop, my dear, and hear 
		My own heart beating loud and clear 

Just tend my territory
Man the walls, no need to hide.
When others try to rule it for me,
Just slam the gates and stay inside. 

Just tend my territory
What it contains is not up to me.
So if they blame, judge, or abhor me,
I’ll say “back off” and let it be.

And just tend my territory 
Let go of expectations and demands 
That someone else will do it for me
‘Cause I’m the only one who can.

		I begin once again
		thinking life’s under my control and then
		My head begins to spin 
		Take a breath, let it out and then back in.

Just tend my territory 
Not what’s in the past anyhow
Nor whatever lies before me
But just what’s in this moment now.

Just tend my territory 
Be brave enough to feel my pain
Even what others are ignoring. 
Alone is better than insane.

Just tend my territory 
Not limited to others’ heights
But stepping up to all my glory,
My full awareness open wide.

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