Give me something to boast about- poetry

Give me something to boast about,
Can't you see that's what I want, Something to clear off insecurities,
Walk with head held high, Something to proudly talk about in gettogethers,
Make them gasp,
Something that stops me from looking down every time I meet an eye,
Let them look up,
Something that convinces me there is meaning to all this charade called life,
So that I want to wake up next time,
Something materialistic, something superficial, something shiny, something that shouts hierarchy.
Heck, I will even take moral superiority,
Something that throws spotlight at me.
So my optimistic human side, gains power over the rebellious cynic with the crown called pride.
Let it run over any question unanswerable, unfavorable.
Let pride blind me, let pride spoil me, let pride save me.
Let it cloak me with deluded self importance and self love.
Give me something to boast about.