Best Poems Written by Jordan Davis

My Tips For Dealing With Shame

My tips for dealing with shame

Set up a camera 
Get naked
And stand in front of the lens
Relax 
Walk in a circle 
And watch the tape back 
Regularly 
And begin to own
This is your body
This is how you really look
And make acceptance with that
“This how I really look”

Recognize everyone has cried 
And peed themselves
And pooped themselves
And wants to be loved
and fit in

We are all really uncool
And that’s okay

Reckon with the fact that you’ll die
And that you will stop crossing people’s mind after a while
You’re not that serious 
in the grand scheme of things
So don’t feel too much importance 
when you make a mistake
It really is not the end of this world

Listen to your body 
and make acceptance with your impulses
Get in therapy
Deal with your trauma
Accept the truth of who you are 
And where your roots come from
If you’re so privileged 
as to have access to that information

Find something that matters to you
And commit to it
Live for it
Die for it
Because 
As mentioned before
You’re dying either way

Believe there is nothing relatable or helpful
About pretending you’re perfect
Be open
Be humble
Be vulnerable 
Help someone

Accept
The lack of control
Accept your lack of control
And live with the comfort of temporary 

Everything will pass
And everything will end

Except for those two things

-To be continued as I grow up...

Copyright © Jordan Davis | Year Posted 2019