Flipping The Lid

As I reach the bottom
of a yet another cup of yesterday's coffee,
I begin to quiver
like a drawn arrow.

All atwitter with thought,
overclocked,
firing on all cylinders,
I set about
laying out
some eloquent dissertation on my blunted affect
or crippling self doubt
or other such complaints.

Some sympathetic story
sans self-esteem
seems to be my wheelhouse.

What if I flipped the lid and said
that I feel okay about myself?

That I'm not the worst,
and people would care if I was gone.

That I've gained
more than I've lost,
despite losing
a lot.

That I can be resilient
even if I don't realize it right away.

Would I be ill-received?

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