Nobody Calls Me

This is telling

Telling me something

Something about me

Something I lack despite all that I provide

All that I produce

All that I make good

Yet— I must be bad

I continue to be that condition of break glass in case of emergency

Something intolerable

Someone you need space from

Too much

Too much intensity

Too much life

Too much strife

Too much to handle

Needed but not wanted

Flawed

Flaws that are tolerated

But, ultimately not loved

I’m hard to love

Or—maybe loved—from a distance

In small doses

But not liked

What a conundrum

A tragedy

A tragic life

Stay the course and keep trying to be loved

Despite yourself

Despite your unlimited unconditional love

Despite your enormous effort

Despite your sadness

Despite your being

See it through….

Toughness compensates for so much

It’s hard to maintain at times

But your perseverance and raw love of life and your people is more than enough

The simple beauty around you

The promise of those you care so much about

Seeing them through life

The laughter

The joy

Build

Create

Find your own path

You can’t fix it all

And that’s okay

See it through boy

See it through

Grasp the moments

Find peace

Find joy under every rock

Endure it

See it through….

Enjoy the rare and supremely agreeable condition of life

JArtB