Impressions

A subject we’ve covered before, but this is a fresh take on it in a poem

  Impressive first impressions

  I want them

  How about you?


  Just me? 

  No, that couldn’t be 

  Quite true

  
  Of course when I meet new people

  I want them to like me a lot


  But trouble comes a’knockin’

  When myself, I am not


  Again and again

  This comes up

  Around the hill once more


  I think I’m learning

  I know I’m learning

  Yes, this time for sure!


  Even with people I’ve met and know

  I sometimes feel the pull

  To try and ‘help’ them like me

  Like that could make me whole


  I hate it 

  When I give in


  Makes me feel awkward

  In my skin


  And in my mind

  The replaying begins


  So, mentally reset:

  I want people to esteem me

  But some will still reject


  And their ‘good opinions’ 

  Aren’t worth the price

  Of my self respect 


  So, be real! I dare me!

  Some will care, some won’t 

  Spend my life avoiding discomfort?

  Who has time for that?

  I know I don’t

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