Arrogance

Arrogance

 

It is time for me

to move from arrogant to humble,

from queen of judgment, critic of all I survey,

to a new role in which I strive to find compassion.

 

What a strange turn of events!

During those long, young years

when I relied on the strength of arrogance

to power me through

the dark days of my life,

I could not have imagined

an older, wiser self

surviving and thriving

without that arrogance

thrown over my shoulders like a cape.

Yet here I am, modest to a fault,

watching my former spurious superiority

pool at my feet like slinky silk.

 

Of course,

who is to say that what I see as the New Me

is not just another outer garment

I have donned?

 

 

 

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