i was raised
to under promise
and over deliver
which seems to
have become an
antiquated way
of accomplishing
a life’s work

also doesn’t help
when i promise
every bit of myself
to those who never
deliver at all

i never expect
the scales to be
perfectly balanced
but a little
fucking effort on
occasion would be
greatly appreciated

it doesn’t matter
in the end it seems
nothing truly does
lessons need learned
on not trusting
a stupid fucking
muscle over an equally
fucking stupid glob
of electrified soul

and to under promise
while over delivering
because a person’s words
are only as good as
the effort behind them

or so i thought
once upon a time