Balance to me means to try and be less Type A
To stop obsessing over things I cannot change
Balance to me means not to play all weekend.
I am so Type A during the week that I feel I deserve it.
Balance is something I do not do well.
I am obsessive and compulsive, so balance would be fantastic.
But it is something I have to try too hard to do.
I fail at it miserably, being Type A.
Categories:
type a, me,
Form: Free verse
So many things that we want to get perfect.
But it does not happen.
Some deal with this all right.
The professional chameleons do.
The Type A’s are not as lucky.
Wanting to control things.
Losing it when things do not go their way.
Some do not understand
When things do not go their way they do go another’s way.
When one team wins, the other team loses.
Type A’s do not handle this well.
Sometimes we know immediately.
Other times we wait until they have a nervous breakdown
To figure it out.
I am a chameleon and type A.
Depending upon the situation.
Not knowing which way I am leaning
Until my body or my soul gives me hints.
Today at this second I am a chameleon
But when someone makes a mistake that irritates me
I rapidly escalate into out-of-control Type A.
Which is why I isolate myself
Barricade my feelings and try to ignore
The savage once-upon-a-time irritants.
Easy to do some days.
Other days I am in danger of exposing my true colors.
Which could get me fired, or worse.
Categories:
type a, jobs, self,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Everybody I raised wants to drive.
They have to be in charge.
Insisting on being in control.
In a booth, we all have to be on the outside.
Family reunions at restaurants are okay
only if there are chairs.
Not sure where this need to control originates.
Possibly their dad’s side
or it skipped a generation.
Their grandmothers are both executive producers
of their lives, always sitting in a cat bird seat.
Orchestrating things
What is that annoying noise?
He knows he does not have permission to speak.
I have not had my third cup of coffee.
Yes, it is definitely from his side of the family.
I accept no blame in their
idiosyncrasies and Type A tendencies.
Categories:
type a, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse