{"id":9562,"date":"2016-11-11T14:56:09","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T19:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/?p=9562"},"modified":"2016-11-11T15:25:44","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T20:25:44","slug":"cool-to-be-cruel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/2016\/11\/11\/cool-to-be-cruel\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool to Be Cruel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"cruel\"<\/p>\n

Who was it that decided
\nIt was cool to be cruel?<\/p>\n

Who was it that instructed you
\nTo cover up your envy.<\/p>\n

With cutting words
\nUsed to feel oh so clever.<\/p>\n

Holding your balance
\nOn the pedestal you’ve precariously perched on.<\/p>\n

Hoping to tower over
\nYour item of envy.<\/p>\n

They need to be smaller
\nSmall, like you feel when you’re around them.<\/p>\n

Small, like you feel.<\/p>\n

When you forget how beautiful you are
\nYou can be so very ugly.<\/p>\n

Your cutting words
\nWill never leave you feeling valued.<\/p>\n

Self-satisfied
\nMasturbated, perhaps.<\/p>\n

Your ego safely tucked
\nBehind your manufactured cool.<\/p>\n

Maybe they won’t notice
\nHow insecure you are.<\/p>\n

You’re more beautiful
\nThan you act.<\/p>\n

It’s a shame
\nYou don’t know.<\/p>\n

How your envy leaves you exposed
\nTo what’s behind your performance.<\/p>\n

You’re caught up in comparison
\nAnd your need to control.<\/p>\n

How insecure you are
\nYou’re trying to feel better.<\/p>\n

Looking at everyone else
\nYou never see the best in you.<\/p>\n

Never getting that your beauty
\nIsn’t forced into production.<\/p>\n

It’s yours
\nNaturally.<\/p>\n

Clever and cool are words
\nThat do not express.<\/p>\n

An opportunity for love wasted
\nBeauty masked.<\/p>\n

photo credit: Dori<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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