mental reboot.

my brain just rebooted.
i'm so glad it did.
it was a gift, indeed.

things i thought held some sort of priority
suddenly don't seem so important anymore.

something i thought i'd given up hope on
build a wall around
and pretended not to care
i see crystal clear now
i'd be utterly & completely lost without it.

a few words were meant to be just that; a few words.
unsolicited
the worst kind of advice.

those words stung
they hurt
but were true.

i got the gift i didn't ask for;
a kick in the pants,
a punch in the gut,
the mental reboot,
just what i needed.

big brothers sometimes come in handy
even if they are saying things you really don't want to hear.

a new day
a new outlook
a new attitude
renewed optimism.

apologies have been said
accepted, i don't know
one was and i'm running with it

it was, by leaps & bounds, the most important one after all anyway.