WORD PROMPT OF THE DAY II

It always takes something or someone to drive change
No one wants to give the credit when the change was a positive one, though
You did it on your own...yah, okay

But when the change leads to negativity
it's everyone else's fault but your own
You blame your childhood
Starting with your parent(s)
They were abusive
They missed your games
They didn't show up.

Never mind the minor detail of them having to work multiple jobs--
 Keeping clothes on your back
 A roof over your head,
And food to stuff that ungrateful mouth 
you now use to curse at them.

We need a reaction to cause permanent change 
to navigate through life.
Otherwise, we feel empty.
Without purpose or meaning.
It's almost debilitating--
(If that's the appropriate word to use).
What happens if one day we wake up 
and nobody is there to tell us we suck
No reason to rise above?
Why has the masses made it so? 
To need a reason to want 
Growth and Greatness

Ahh! This will be the true test 
of strength...
or weakness!

Intrigued, I am.