The April PAD challenge hasn’t been going as well as I’d hoped. Real life has interfered and I’m a few poems behind schedule–but the optimist in me says I can catch up before time runs out. So to prove I haven’t been totally out of the loop, I thought I’d share this one with you. To my fellow optimists out there–keep fighting the good fight!
Optimist’s Lament
The pessimist is used
to living on the dark side.
Murphy’s Law is his motto,
and he knows that whatever
can go wrong—will go wrong.
It’s more difficult for the optimist,
who finds positives at every turn.
There are always the moments
when negativity creeps in the back door,
like an unwanted and unplanned for guest,
trying to eat away at our happiness.
The optimist must be vigilant,
guarding against the self-doubt
trying to sneak in unawares,
eat away our joy, and leave us starving
for the joy that makes life worth living.
The optimist knows this well.
He is not blind the truths of the world.
Only sometimes he wishes
it wasn’t so hard.
~Elise Skidmore ©2018
Thought, beautifully said.
Thank you so much.