Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Failed and Confused


Sometimes I ask myself:

Am I a loser?

Am I confused?

Am I selfish?

Am I self-centered?

Am I cupid?

What the fuck is wrong with me?

I ask these questions because I have been called these names. No one ever called me a loser, but after summing my past mistakes, the total makes me fee like a loser.

I burn bridges, I don't keep my words, I don't succeed where people expect me to succeed.  I am disappointed in myself. Nothing is worse than being mad at yourself. I recognize that I have made a lot of mistakes in my life. I hurt friends, close friends, acquaintances, associates, strangers and every one.

Who the fuck am I? What have I become?

I don't recognize the "loser" in me.  I have been called a smart Alex, an intelligent person, a walking dictionary, a geek, a cultured being, you name it. All these monikers mean nothing if I don't stay true to them.  I use my intelligence to help people. I help them with their homework, I give them inspiring pep talk when they are down.

However, for the past three years, I have never used any of these skills or my knowledge for my own benefit.

Here I am, confused and feeling like a loser, because I failed, failed, and failed again.