Tolerance 04/26/2026

Loving my life
Feel proud
Of who I’ve become
But a sense
Of disharmony
About my future
Lays just
Below the surface
Making me feel
A different person.

Why does my mind
Travel to
This unknown?
A place
Of uncertainty
One that generates
Fear and aggression.

Become vulnerable
Look within
Face this belief
That perfection
Is impossible
And one cannot
Control everything.

Staying focused
On the present
Is a key for
Tolerance
And balance.

Must learn
To soften
My reactions
To others
And myself.

Must learn
To accept
Differences in others
And its ok
To be wrong
From time
To time.

Remember to
Stay true
To who you are
Beneath the
Clothes worn
And your circumstances
In life.

Maggie Spaulding
Poem Author