It All Comes from the Same Place

This poem is about pride.
It isn’t about whether pride
is right or wrong.
It is simply about what pride is.

You may think that you already know
the answer.
You may think
this poem will be a waste of your time.
Don’t think that.
Keep reading.

Pride is having a deep satisfaction
in the things you’ve accomplished
or in the things you own.
Without those things,
you would feel less confident,
less happy, or less of a person
than what you feel with them.

Pride is believing you are great.

But what if you believe
the opposite?
What if your final thoughts
in the night are about
how you believe that
you are a loser, a failure, a nobody?

Isn’t that pride as well?
. . .

by Gabe Redel