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Coping Skills
January 30, 2021
To "cope"
is to be broken
Pity becomes a requirement
Yet, I need to forget
all of the hurt
Is it presumed
the "hurt" is my identity?
Except
I don't subsist on
"coping skills"
Which are hardly a distraction
and merely a reminder
of my self frailty
© Arianna D., Freehold, New Jersey
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Throughout endless therapy sessions centered around "coping skills" I've learned that I envy those who actually believe in their benefits