OK to Be OK

 

Hello again Depression..

My persistent life long companion..

I'm all out of pharma medications

to glaze over your bitterness

about my life 

of unfulfilled expectations..

So maybe it's time 

I summon the personal courage

to finally face you down..

Cause I'm so sick and tired

of crushing introspection
and all the attached angst..

These self inflicted complications
clouding every perception
that need not be murky
if only we can embrace acceptance
that every self generated imperfection
is in fact
a validation of our flawed humanity..

Once this internal fix is accomplished

these mood pills

on which I have been so dependent

can be happily flushed away

down the drain of self improvement