The Critic Within

You try and try and try
And hope and hope and hope
And think you’re getting better and better and better
Until – SLAM
You come face to face
With what appears to be
The cold hard truth
You’re
Just
Not
That
Good

It’s been a while since I’ve let him in
All the way in
To sit a while
And take up all the room in my soul
It’s like I’ve been bracing the door
So hard
For so long
And finally I ran out of strength
Or skill
Or both
And he comes flooding in
With a smirk on his face
And a suitcase in hand and says
“aaaahhhh… It’s good to be home”

-AG