I don’t do ‘Humility’ well.

Though I have often tried,

I see most of my actions

reflecting back as humble pride.

I don’t do ‘Thieving’ well.

Once as a little child, I tried.

Caught with trinkets in a store,

my friends laughed when I cried.

I don’t do ‘Lying’ well.

As a ‘Flower Child’ I tried.

Cheating boyfriends caught me cheating.

My face betrayed me when I lied.

I don’t do ‘Marrying’ well,

though a faithful wife, I tried.

Our bed was hot and cold-

three-quarters was ‘my side’.

I don’t do ‘Suffering’ well

in any form when tried.

My ‘Persecution Complex’

is something that I hide.

I have no fear of dying

but ‘Public Speaking’ I have tried

releases past life memories-

rights and freedoms- life denied.

I have many ‘Shortcomings’,

more than those confessed,

but I am ever in God’s Grace.

Despite all, I am Blessed.

(April 27, 2021- Shelley Wilson)