A Way Out Of Self-Pity

I was full
of self-pity
this morning
and depressed
because I felt
unloved, unappreciated,
and such like that,
so I was bummed out,
and the mind
tried to turn it around
by asking,
"Well...who do you love?"
so I remembered
that when I get really down,
I can only actually bring up
about four people
who I really love,
even though I try
to love everybody and everything,
and then
I thought
that even though
I write to many people,
that I don't connect
very well to anybody
just like they don't connect
with me,
so I thought
of a song
and thought,
"Love Stinks"
and laughed
and felt much better.