Feel The Heat
Deal With It
For many years I did the complete opposite
I believed an old saying
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen
That didn't work for me
No matter what I did
It was a band-aid on a gash
More blood and no end in sight
It was no use
I think there is a better way
Learning to cope with the things that we don't agree with
When I was younger I would do anything to just get along
Always compromising to have peace
To my surprise the peace was short lived
Troubles seemed to follow me
The harder I tried to avoid any problems
The problems found a way to seek me out
I became more frustrated and confused
Disallusioned and concerned
What I was avoiding was unavoidable
Now more often than not I take a stand
I prove my point
I tell the other person
That's not me
This is my way and it works
I have learned from experience
When I am not around
You do what you want
Often I have to go toe to toe
Enoughs enough
It's like they live to press people's buttons
Pull my chain
The situation doesn't always change
I do feel better about myself
No matter the outcome
Then sometimes miracles happen
People that couldn't get along with me
Change their tune
Some actually become my friends
Go figure
That's all I wanted from the start
Why couldn't they see that ?
A mystery to me
There has to be a short circuit in my logic
I would appreciate it
If you find what I couldn't ?
Drop me a line
Explain what you know
So now I can understand
In a different way