i'm just not very happy today.

i’m just not

very happy today.

i guess i

don’t really have

any real reason.

i almost wish

that i did.

i hate answering

questions that i

know aren’t real.

the kinds of

questions where i 

can tell they 

don’t really want 

an honest answer.

it’s easier to

lie and let

them go on

with their day.

it’s what they’d

likely prefer anyway.

Reviews

[jen]

Your poem asks a simple question and I do identify. There is always an answer and there is what is expected or what people want to hear. Even "Hi, how's it going today?" if you are unhappy or worried or in despair over bad news, no one asking that question really wants to know. Or even toned down, boss asks "how's it going?" I might really want to say, "well, I could use more training and wish someone would walk me through what is expected from me at the end of the project and is there more information on why [fill in the blank] ..... people don't really want to hear I guess mostly because they aren't heard and they don't know why and what to say. Sorry, your poem is great but my yakking gets in the way of saying that.