Why It’s Not Their Fault
Have you ever found yourself being bitter, thinking about your past? Yes, you are far removed from it all now. You have landed gracefully on the other side of greatness. I get it. We have all seen your victory banners. However, we do think about the time we wasted. Then, we ponder how we could be so careless. After that, we examine what mistakes we made to get there. This is the part we quickly gloss over. We are professionals at soothing our conscious by pointing the finger at other people. It was all their fault! All the while, we miss the greater lesson. The problem was ultimately with ourselves, not the other person.
Many of you may know by now that I have an upcoming poetry book called Stingrays coming soon. I have been so anxious to share this body of work with everyone! Poetry has to hit me though. I can’t force it to flow from my mind. However, one day during the time period while I was writing Stingrays, I had a pity party. I didn’t invite anyone to partake in the fun (or lack thereof). You all can thank me later :). Instead, I decided to turn my pen and paper for a sounding board. “Twenty-Something” was the end result.
This day I was feeling particularly cheated. I felt that I had missed out on certain opportunities in life because of what others had done to hold me back. True as that may be, I still had to take accountability for my role. My current situation wasn’t all their fault. During the initial sting of it all though, we don’t feel like retracing our own steps. In fact, it’s much easier to criticize or redirect the steps others have taken in regards to us. Nonetheless, here’s the summation of those thoughts here below in “Twenty-Something”. I’m quite sure many of you reading this will be able to relate.
Oh and stay tuned for a special announcement about Stingrays coming soon. Let’s just say everyone will get a real “kick” out of it.
Twenty-Something
I gave you the most
Vibrant years of my life
Waited on your mark, set, go
Watched opportunities pass me by
Whisked away with fair weather winds blown
You gave me a piece of a promise
Strung me along just long enough
To drain me of my youth
The audacity to try to trick me
Your tactics are so uncouth
Naïve and unknowing
I didn’t think there was better
So I stayed strapped in for worse
Watched my joy slow creep away
Like a hearse in a funeral procession
Back to life, back to reality
No matter how I tried
Nothing seemed to resuscitate the inner me
This was supposed to be my
Time to shine
My time to thrive
But I couldn’t see which road to take
For all the dirt kicked in my eyes
But don’t bring me your balloons, streamers
Cards and confetti for my pitty party
Because this is just a mere
Recounting of a hard lesson learned
That finding the strength to leave you
Was a Godsend
I’ve got my mojo back
I’m feeling like a twenty-something all over again