People Pleaser

How long have I been a people pleaser

Not to know I cannot catch a breeze

A puff in the right direction

Where the winds of fulfillment blow.

I please them all, I abandon my soul

And they dance, they laugh

While I weep

Should I stop being a people pleaser

I would lead a lonely life

Empty of conversations and joy

But I do believe that I would finally

Feel the embracing, chilling breezes

Of long sought for freedom.

Author's Note

I let the poem come to me, not me to it.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Best way to write...
if we become pleased with ourselves, we won't feel the need to get others' approval.
I like your honest baring it all poetry.

[John the Baptist]

Interesting character sketch here, might even serve as a psychological profile. People pleasers seem to be driven by a need for approval, something they are unable to give themselves. The speaker here may be aware of this, may also be aware that the continual pleasing is lethal to self esteem. This understanding may eventually lead to freedom from the habit.