Superlifekarma Girl

She walks with a spring in her step

Her pants are baggy so that she can run

Her t-shirt declares that she dances

A deep red apple in her hand reveals pale yellow gouges

And she munches.

She is walking to class

She is walking to a report that will change a small corner of the world

A text message, another one

From friends, on business

On a sunny day her wraparounds are the epitome of cool.

She is training to be a young professional

Her Palm is ready to take up the challenge

She woke up at 6 this morn

With a fresh mind to productively write

She values her eight hours.

Surely she is Superlifekarma Girl

She has the answers

Right

Surely she knows what she wants

How to get it?

She is not Superlifekarma Girl

She does not have all the answers

And when she does

She has no authority to give them

Because

Her lack of discipline

Foresight

Prudence

Selflessness

Dismays her.

She is no

Superlifekarma Girl

With all the answers.

3 comments

  1. joanium says:

    I don’t want it to be sad, really.

    It was an idea that occurred to me and I had to think it through. I want to give people advice but I can’t because I’m not qualified. The appearance of “having it all” is not a qualification, especially if life has been easy for you. Sometimes, I know what should be done in a situation but I’m too undisciplined, too selfish, too impatient to take my own advice. What right do I have to tell others what to do?

    … … There’s a word for this, I think. Humbleness? Humility? Those are good things! This doesn’t feel like a good thing, though. It feels like I should be stronger (eat better, be more productive, not brush people off, not be scared, love people more and give things up for them), then be able to provide coherent and meaningful advice with some credibility. I suppose I wish I could be more helpful.

    But no one is Superlifekarma Girl/Boy. I’ve been excused.

    Don’t worry, I’m just musing. I’m not angst-filled or anything. Not much, anyway 😉

    P.S. For real self-pity-in-the-face-of-very-surmountable-odds, see Britney Spears’s ‘Lucky’. Silly, but I love it.

  2. Anonymous says:

    self-pity-in-the-face-of-very-surmountable-odds?

    I’ve got a poem for you, its about desperation, depression and a hint of the indomitability of the human spirit in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds… haven’t written the ending yet though. You’ll have to wait until october 10th for that.

    D

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