“This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Farewell, my blessing season this in thee! ~ Polonius
what are you passionate about?
do you write?
do you sing?
do you draw or paint?
or do you sit on your dreams
and bite your tongue
to follow the party line?
are you a sad little excuse
for a human being?
or are you in the trenches
fighting your good fight?
are you living an authentic life?
are you kind, thoughtful
and not unnecessarily mean?
or are you so busy
bending, folding spindling and mutilating
your morals and integrity
to meet the needs of others
that you can’t even see
what a shadow of a person you are?
can you truly say you are happy?
or are you just mouthing the words
someone else put in there for you?
while your soul is crushed
and your very thoughts
are no longer your own?
is your appetite for enthusiasm
dampened by
the biding of your time
the base existence
that you are living?
are you evolving as a human being
or are you still swimming
in the redneck excrement
of the people you played with
as a child?
where’s your passion?
who is living your life?
what are you waiting for?