With An Unabashed Bragging Done Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

You have a beautiful home,
Landscaped in a wonderful setting.
You have a family and prized possessions,
And investments you have made...
That have returned to you sweet dividends.

You drive a very nice car.
And your taste in fashion is exquisite.
You receive countless social invitations,
With an unabashed bragging done...
Whenever I visit.

And yet...
You express an insecurity about that,
Which implies an unhappiness.
I have none of your 'assets' to impress.
But...
I am thrilled.
And this seems to make you upset.

My path and direction taken,
Has had nothing to do with you.
Is there something about my own decisions made...
You believed I secretly,
Competed with you with something to prove?
And I have accomplished 'that' which I said I would do?
What is it?

'I was hoping you would fail.
In fact,
You have made me feel the fool.'

Well...
You did make that your choice.
And those choices you have made,
Surround you too.

We all make our choices.
Some are not so pronounced,
As those of others...
Who love to show and tell with a strut.