Games

I don’t do well with failure,
     even at games –
     even games where I’m not playing against anyone else.

It should be just a game, right?

But for me,
     sometimes it just reinforces
          how much of a failure I actually am
                         (or feel like I am, Jeff would edit).

In this case,
     it’s a game a five-year-old plays
                              and loves
                              and has no problem with.

Does it really have to tell me
                    I failed?

Can’t it just tell me to try
                         again
                              without commenting on my entire life?