O Captain, My Captain
I hear them cry.
O Captain my Captain,
Self doubt screams.
My internal storm
Still terrorizes them.
Overthinking weeps
And Self esteem sobs
While my Concentration and Patience
Are nowhere to be found.
Vanity pulls pointlessly at the sails
And Talent grabs the wrong rope.
Inspiration is belowdecks
With Motivation.
Seasick, the both of them.
But then the captain comes.
Fatalism smiles
And gives a little shrug.
The others look at him and yell,
“We’ll sink!”
But he just says,
“So what?
The storm will pass,
Another will come.
This is the sea.
And it doesn’t matter
If something happens to us.
In the end,
It’ll all be okay.”
The others relax their grips.
The storm begins to abate.
Fatalism’s smile
Brings it to a stop.
My mind is calm.
I will follow Fatalism.
He’s right, you know.
It’ll all be okay,
Because it’ll all, someday, end.