Where to begin?
There’s that old cliché
With the spider who stole
My I.D. away

And if compromised
Bank accounts aren’t quite enough
There’s that infantile mall owner
Who wants to play tough

Neighbors are evil,
Manipulative, nuts!
I wish they’d just move
Because I hate their guts

I’ve no team to tag
To jump into this fray
And I’ll win these battles, sure
But what price to pay?

I'm not the victim here
I shape my fate
But the stuff I've let happen:
I can't contemplate

I'll just focus on other things
Things quite empowering
And hope the distraction's
An end to my glowering

And if despite efforts
I can't make things right
I'll buy a plane ticket and
Fly off in the night

My nerves are still fragile
And I need a break
Yes, I need that beach condo
For sanity's sake

I'll recover, it's true
I'll never say never
I'll be back on top soon
Cause I'm endlessly clever

And hopefully then
I'll rise over the fray
And the wisdom of Buddha
Will find me someday

But right now I'm just me
I'm all that I've got
And I take on the world
Without giving much thought

To consequences dire
That might find their way back
To my best of intentions
And give me a smack

So what can I learn here?
I'll take away what?
That when personally challenged
I won't try to kick butt?

But won't that just leave me
The victim I fear? Or
Will turning the other cheek
Make everything clear?

It's confusing, confuzzling
It fills me with gall
That brains and correctness
Solve nothing at all

For this is the fact
Of which I'm not proudest
The spoils go to the victor:
He who yells loudest

That's never me
I'm soft-spoken and lazy
Which is why I must suffer
From those who are crazy