Shakespeare

Sonnet LYII



Man, you’re being way too hard on yourself;

Don’t bang a hammer on your own head.

If you want to make a good statue of an elf,

Use a big piece of wood or a rock instead;

People’s weak spots are always easy to find,

Especially your own, which is why they’re weak;

So find something else to occupy your mind

Like how an eagle only carries food in its beak;

Like how if we compare a bald eagle to an elf,

How the bald eagle flies like a silver streak,

While meanwhile the elf is too hard on itself

And at best is considered something of a freak

   Luckily I came along to point this out

   As when rain falls after a long drought.

       

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