How To Be Confident
Be fascinating, be irresistible.
Be so intelligent that people wonder
When they’re with you
Why you’re not somewhere else curing cancer.
Be funny, be the soul
Of the party.
Make people laugh so much that when they think
Of you
They can’t tell whether they love you
Or they’re in love with you.
Be good-looking
Be trim, be taut, be a tasty bit of crumpet.
Magnetise people so forcefully that they crash
Into you
And all their defences, and all their walls
And all their meaningless fronts shatter.
Be a winner, be the person at the finish line
Win so much that people around you can afford
To be lazy.
Let them know you’re reliable because
Things always go right
For the lucky folks in your life.
Be the strong, spotless superhuman you know
You should be
Because if you’re not
People will treat you differently
And you’ll know it’s because they can see
That you’re less than perfect.
