hubris

lick your wounds

and suck it up

face it –

you can’t learn everything

it hurts to know

that I can’t learn everything

but it hurts more to know that

other people are learning

more than I am

gore

gash

wound

this infernal pride of mine

this

throbbing

dissatisfaction

this bitter taste of defeat

bite back your tongue

chew on your folly

swallow your unhappiness

but don’t let it swallow you whole

this

unending

misery

this bilious taste of regret

I feel like I’m about to be sick

quick

before I choke

on my inferiority complex

pride cometh before a fall

i know

divine retribution

awaits me

                                                       m.y.