Let's embrace the cringe

Do you understand cringe?

Some loathe it deeply,

I wonder why?

Does it bite them, unseen?

 

I ponder, now and then,

What is this cringe,

That some despise so fiercely?

An answer emerged:

 

Cringe is their shadow,

Their unspoken fear.

If they weren’t afraid,

Why scorn another’s joy,

And label it cringe?

 

I dread a future,

Where happiness itself,

Is deemed cringeworthy.

 

Be real, my friends,

Cringe is no crime,

No flaw, no fault.

It’s an expression,

A burst of joy.

 

As long as it harms none,

Cringe is legal,

A celebration of self.

 

Embrace your cringe,

If it brings you joy.

Life will wither,

If you disdain it.

 

Add a dash of drama,

Live fully,

Embrace the cringe.