I am drowning in a pool staring back at me
I bought into the fairy tale and what a sham(e)
When reality is so much sweeter
Playing it cool has yet to really work for me
And it continues to work less and less
And no matter what I try, I am hated for my efforts
So please just don’t know me
Don’t call me Lizzo
I’m begging, I can’t stand the false intimacy anymore
The urge to forget everyone I’ve ever known
For the embarrassment of being is too strong
And I know it doesn’t sound like a triumph
But I had the foolishness to neglect the dream
I knew so well in childhood
To keep your friends close and your colleagues in their place
When work is life and living is hard work
Elizabeth Day is an author, poet, blogger, and playwright from Las Vegas, Nevada. Her work has been featured in The Just Girl Project, Empyrean Literary Magazine, Contemporary Jo, Hey Young Writer, and Fterota Logia. She is a student at Southern Utah University studying English education with a creative writing emphasis and double minors in theater and film. You can find her on Instagram @itsanadventur.
Featured image by Jose M Reyes on Unsplash.
