Poetry

Self-doubt

It must be fun to be you

As you turn people’s lives upside down

You wait around scouting someone’s life, and right when they have it all figured out, you scoop in and wreck it all.

You smile as they fall apart, just short of finishing or starting something new.

You sit them back down, and all their courage disappears.

And you have won this round as they go back to not improving themselves.

And get sucked into a hole of distracts with no desire to try again.

But oh, self-doubt, I let you in, but I won’t allow you to stay as I have things I want to succeed at, and I won’t let you take control of my life.

I know what you can do, and if you do come knocking, I think I shouldn’t answer the door.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes

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