Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Trudging On

inadequate. 

not as a matter of self-worth

but as a matter of reality

i am, simply put, inadequate

comparisons be made

even if they shouldn't

i'll trudge on

as a matter of course

but it will remain

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

expectations

expectations have this inimitable way
of crushing us, of weighing us down
set for ourselves they become this
virtual prison, concertina wire, high walls
not in reality but existing nonetheless
then we have expectations set by others
are they more or less leaden to our soul
any less implosive to us than the very depths
of the deepest, darkest, ocean trenches
how do we ever break free and soar
how do we shed the shackles of societal 
expectations as well, the worst of them all
find the way to just exist and be happy