“Self-Flagellation”
whip cracking, the blows
rain down as i flagellate
myself mentally, a little
payback for all the wrong
moves i’ve made in this
life i’ve been given, always
beating myself up for the
many failures i perceive
as defining my life, a
cycle of self-defeating
and ultimately fruitless
thinking but one i am
given to nonetheless,
unable to cut myself a
break and just let
bygones be bygones