Someday I'll...
by Anitra Freeman
Today I will just not beat myself
for punishing myself
over making myself feel guilty
about scolding myself
for calling myself names
about what I mistook
for a mistake.Tomorrow
I will go so far
as not to punish myself
over making myself feel guilty
about scolding myself
for calling myself namesand Someday
I will get myself off my back
completely
and tend to my own business.Someday
I will not bother to second-guess
why I questioned
the real reason
for my hesitation
over my indecision
about whether I was introspective
or just introverted.Day by day I will unwind the knot
until all my attention is free
to invent a way
to extract all my introspection
bottle it
and ship the whole damn lot to Congress
who can use the stuff.
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