Getting Along With Others Badly: A Fabric Tale ...........OR................ A DS Overdramatizes Her Day

Same old issues, unchanging

Same old people, unyielding

Same old pattern, warped and dishwater gray.

And any coping skills I have are threatening to tear the seams apart

Not enough sleep

Not enough "well dones"

Too much speaking before I think

And I

...am misinterpreted

...am inarticulate

...am stupid and insensitive

...am apologetic for how I said it, but not what I said.

And in the midst

...a friend whose love mends

Not by saying,"Susan, it doesn't matter" or "Susan, stop that unraveling RIGHT NOW!"

But says instead, "here now, let's see what beauty the tatters hold..."