The Faux Pas Press #41: The Coward

The Faux Pas Press #41

The Coward

By Jason Fresh

02 JULY 2010

Does it feel good
to be a coward?

Yes, of course.

Does it feel good to be the crucified
Jason for your family to worship?

No – no it does not.

Because I
deserve better,
don’t I?
“We are all praying for you
and we all want the
best for you.”

Really?

When the best
is according to you.

What they don’t tell you
before you’re born
is that you will be
hated.

What they don’t tell you
before they curse you
is that they are done,
elated,
to crown and
thorn you.

When you’re broken inside,
when all you’ve tried has been
laughed away,
when all who’ve claimed
to love you
got nothings spray,
and a list of
bad tidings to send
you’re way –
become a coward,
run away,
and they will find
you and
burn you someday.

Just try to
send ideas our there.
For example,
say you know people
that you don’t really know,
say you know
a little troll woman
that looks like a goat,
that has been
tattered and torn,
maybe decides to gloat
about things you
don’t really care about.
You will probably
need to run away from her.

I know.

You’ll want to pretend
that you’re tough
and give her your energy.

But don’t.

Just live your life.
Just live your life.
Shed them all off
when you must or
they will drag you down.

And build
what you want
to build.

Spend time with the friends with a higher yield.

Just run and live.

What they don’t know
is that you have all the cards.
What they don’t is that you are better equipped.
What they don’t is that you can sneek up
on them whenever you want.
What they don’t know about
you will keep them up at night,
wondering when you’ll come,
when you come in from the bush,
out from the Middle East or
Bhutan or Bangladesh
They won’t know about all the
“things”
you’ve learned.

So, they will leave you alone.

Won’t they? Forever. Won’t they?

or Indonesia
or Texas
or Arizona

How does it feel to be a coward?

Really good - if I do say.