Overconfident

Since I have been a small child,

I’ve been told to keep my head up,

To never shrink or be mild,

To face the sky with certainty.

I’ve been told to build up health,

Through hard exercise and diet.

I’ve been told to love myself,

So that the world will love me too.

I’ve been told to speak aloud,

Sparking embers with a few words.

I’ve been told to tame the ground,

With my every passing footstep.

I’ve listened to my teachers,

I have held my head up too high,

I’ve cared too much for features,

I have set fire to the world.

Now, only able to rise,

Soaring with the world in my palm,

I saw my life built on lies.

I can't stop the fires I spread.

"The best alchemists don't turn lead into gold; they turn the world into words." -William H. Gass

thunder quetzalcoatl7/28/20, 2:15 PM
this poetry demonstrates the paradox between what people tell you and what is
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