Keep Cool

 

Keep cool and calm,

Don’t do any harm

To others or yourself.

Even when rejected,

Don’t be affected.

 

Swim through the storm

Don’t even get warm.

Maintain self esteem

You know what I mean.

Control your emotion

In all the commotion.

 

Be Mister (or Missus) Cool

And don’t be a tool

For their challenging way –

You know it won’t pay.

 

People can be evil,

We all know that.

Almost primeval –

That’s a fact.

 

Feel good about yourself

Ignoring all barbs,

Keep up on that shelf

And deflect all those words.

 

If you can, smile and laugh,

Show you’re not bothered.

Like a giraffe

Don’t get smothered.

 

Beat them with wit:

Show them you’re mentally fit.

Use sarcasm too –

You know what to do.

 

If they then want to fight

Bring it on if you must,

But if outnumbered and outpowered

Get running -

Leaving a cloud of dust.

 

But first don’t react

Or do anything you can’t retract.

Keep your Cool

Don’t be the angry fool.

 

Assert yourself

And say what you want.

While doing your best

Not to affront.

 

What more can I say?

Being Cool is the way.

That’s my message

For today.

 

Paul Butters

 

© PB 22\6\2021.