Not Today Satan

I’m writing this in the plainest language possible---you asked for no metaphor, no symbolism, no indirection---just the truth of the feeling, stated outright.

People have pissed me off.

This is a direct poem of pure and simple defiance

I am angry today. Brimming over with it.

I am tired of being tested.

I am fed up with every demand, every interruption, every expectation.

Tired of every ungrateful relative and their affiliates

I am not in the mood to be patient or gracious or forgiving.

I am not pretending to be calm.

I am not pretending to be okay.

I am naming exactly what is happening:

I am irritated, overwhelmed, and unwilling to take on one more thing.

If anything or anyone tries to push me, I will consummately push back.

SO! Not today. Not today!!!!!!!!

If anything, anyone, tries to provoke me, I will not yield.

I am drawing a clear line:

Cross it at your peril---

Not today.

Not one more test.

Not one more burden.

I am standing here, fully aware of my anger,

don't expect me to be ashamed of it.

Neither am I apologising for it.

I am telling the world directly:

I am done being polite about my limits.

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I am irritated on every level today.

I am not hiding it, softening it, or pretending it’s “just a mood.”

I am fully aware that I am one inconvenience away from snapping at the innocent air.

I am not accepting feedback, suggestions, or pep talks.

I am not available for emotional labor, customer service, or small talk.

I am telling the universe directly:

Do not test me.

Do not send me a “character-building challenge.”

Do not give me a “growth opportunity.”

I am not in the market for personal development.

I am in the market for silence and people leaving me alone.

If Satan himself showed up today,

I would tell him to take a blasted hike...

and wait behind the other nonsense already trying me.

I am not impressed by his résumé.

I am not impressed by your résumé.

I am not intimidated by his energy.

I am not intimidated by your energy.

I am not negotiating with chaos.

I am annoyed, I am tired, and I am not pretending otherwise.

I am stating this clearly so no one misunderstands:

I am done being polite about my limits.

I am done being patient with nonsense.

I am done pretending I’m fine when I’m obviously not.

Today is not the day.

Tomorrow doesn’t look good either!

NOT TODAY NOR TOMORROW! Nope.

Definitely not!