#28 Awkwardness

Ok, I'm about to speak about something

To which every reader can certainly relate

I'm talking about when you're talking

And plough straight on, and don't hesitate



Oops, see? You've done it now

You've said something awkward,

It's been said and you know exactly how

And you know you can't just leave it and move onward.



No.



From now, you will spend countless hours thinking about what you just said

It'll hold immense and uncertain power, swirling around inside your head

A thousand different scenarios will present themselves as an option

Things that would just flow over the conversation and soon be forgotten



What if? What if? Your mind will echo for a age

If only I could go back in time, rewrite that page

I could be known as a great wit and connoisseur

Instead now I'm just a local twit, a dumb-ass cur



You're going to beat yourself up for a while I can tell

So let me step in before your own mind becomes a hell

It's perfectly natural to worry about this - it's how social skills improve

But if your mind wants to find bliss, it's going to have to move



For you can say things that can brighten someone's day

That can help and encourage when someone's mood is grey

You don't realise it, but that's what people remember

I mean, you may not relight someone's fire, but you can provide an ember



You can build up and strengthen, that's your gift

What you just said was over quite swift

One time is one time, but what matters is the message you re-enforce

But that's up to what you want to do, of course.



I mean, some people like being awkward.



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