I Will Not Carry a Chip

my photo, my shoulder, my chip

On my shoulder.

Just a tiny chip

Can throw me off balance

Rendering me

Unstable and weak

The minute I feel wronged

I brush the chip off

I examine it

I try to understand it

I learn from it

Gather my strength

Take strength from the chip I shunned

I center

Say thanks for the lesson

And walk on

Knowing

It is inner

Not outer

That matters