A Query

They're everyone's lot

The ever-needy, 

always in a spot.

The critics by birth

always doubting

one's worth.

Envious rivals

disguised

as friends,

Control freaks

at play

till one bends.

The ego bashers,

the emotional

gate-crashers.

Even after decades of living,

I wonder:

Did they help or hinder me

in giving and forgiving?