Settle

Settle

In tepid days of bleak mediocrity,
I settle.

In half-truths, false circumstances and lies,
I settle.

In the hatred of my parents and the isolation of all,
I settle.

I settle.

For fruitless searches into self-identity;
useless, I settle.

For mind numbing gray depression;
sadly, I settle.

For fear of failure and being alone;
anxiously, I settle.

I settle for what I am and what I am not. I am a man of little courage. I am a man of pride.