What If
What if I fail?
What if no one listens to me?
What if I'm rejected?
What if I learned to just let things be?
It seems the harder I try to escape my thoughts
The deeper into despair I go
There's no doubt the strength of my internal fight
Determines the depth of my cognitive hole
I worry and I worry
Fighting to resolve the emotional battle inside
But I find minimal relief
It only compromises myself, and all those dear in my life
What if I were to let the worry go?
I'm afraid I might lose everything
Yet im perfectly aware
Worrying doesn't change a damn thing
My fixation of worrying
Is a destructive fixation of myself
While focusing on external issues
I lose sight of the internals, and everything else
I need to be honest with myself
Are there things I can change?
What am I scared to look at?
Perhaps this is why we don’t change without pain?
What if I learn to breathe deeply
Acknowledge life, and let things be
Just relax and appreciate
Radically accept all of life’s endless possibilities
What if?
Copyright © Kelly Hitchcock | Year Posted 2020
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