I told a loved one
I was closing
my Romance Novel Business
due to decreasing sales.
He came up
with a gazillion things
I could ‘try’
to increase sales
and he argued with me
about my decision.
This reaction
just makes a tough decision
tougher.
All those things
he thought I could try?
I’ve tried them.
That decision I made?
It was one of the toughest decisions
a business builder can make.
It is a public admission
that my business failed.
You can be d@mn certain
I struggled with it.
When someone says
they’re closing their business,
sympathize,
maybe ask how you can make
the process easier.
Don’t question their decision.
They’ve already done that
a million times.