Quelled Qualms

Failing to return a bad pair of pants
Not standing up to the mean CEO’s rants
Choosing to bake in the damaging sun
Electing to slave without snagging some fun
Eating a burger instead of fresh salad
Settling down for the mundane and pallid
Performing housework instead of writing
Lingering in shadows in lieu of bright lighting
Wishing after the party I had allowed myself cake
Thinking that maybe I appeared as a fake
Resolving to find several self-faults
Forgetting the fun in doing somersaults
Letting an employer decide on my school
Believing in lies conveyed by a fool
Choosing not to be my very own boss
Allowing dilution of my own special sauce
Watching TV when I could have been reading
Following the masses instead of leading
Existing too frightened to take vital risk
Neglecting today as finite and brisk
Believing a lie that I was born second class
Permitting oppression and revolting trespass
Trusting that frolic must stop with age
Escaping luckily that conditioning cage
Awakening now to salient road
Tasting fateful seeds generations have sowed
Realizing that life is too short for regrets
Living a series of edifying vignettes
Resolving to take credit and blame
Be accountable for my best and accepting my lame
Love myself fully and do all that I can
…and wear protection when crap hits the fan

note: Thankfully – I can see when my mistakes have been made in life. I sure hope I can correct them before I’m too old.