Tightrope: Talking to Myself in the Mirror for RDP June 21, 2025

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Tightrope: Talking to Myself in the Mirror

Life is a delicate balance–just toe in front of toe.
Make too grand a gesture and down you’ll surely go.
Tormented thoughts may enter but they’re sure to also pass,
so do not let them spill you onto your impetuous ass.

Try to think before you speak angry words and cruel.
Too often, though they’re warranted, they’ll make you out a fool.
Try to strike a balance between what’s kind and true.
Your mouth is way too tiny to accommodate your shoe.

Diplomacy’s not lying, it’s just choosing the right word.
To spill out everything you think will brand you as absurd.
Of course we’re only human and of course there will be slips
from time to time from angry, hurt or tactless lips.

But, no matter how chaotic the thoughts are in your head,
it’s best that you don’t follow them everywhere you’re led.
It’s one thing to say words that are weak, untrue and truthless,
and another just as bad to tell the truth in manner ruthless.

We can all be poets in choosing the right way
and time to say the things that we feel we have to say.
As much as it’s important to say what’s on our mind,
The world works so much better when we’re also being kind.

The RDP prompt is “tightrope.”

12 thoughts on “Tightrope: Talking to Myself in the Mirror for RDP June 21, 2025”

  1. Martha Kennedy's avatarMartha Kennedy

    I love this. I’ve recently experienced having said a very simple thing and having it grossly misinterpreted. BUT the upshot of THAT turned out to be better for me. We never know. And this is true, “our mouth is way too tiny to accommodate your shoe.”

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