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GW Aug 2020
"Unfortunately we have decided to not move forward with your application"

no amount of work or dedication

has proven enough to show my potential

changing careers has proved consequential

we leave high school as children, expected to know

what’s the path, where to go

“What are your weaknesses? What are your strengths?"

being scrutizined and put into ranks

not for who I am or what I can become

but from what a piece of paper shows to some

of my worth, of my performance

for a bunch of big bosses that won’t give me a chance

I’m applying to jobs, but am I applying myself

during this time these books are collecting dust on the shelf

it’s time to move, it’s time to get better

until I accept that offer, that letter
GW Aug 2020
all these thoughts
but none cohesive enough
to understand
all this stuff

what is this feeling
a heavy chest
why am never
doing my best

trying to write these feelings out
cannot believe this is still happening
the past memories in my head
keep on panning

is this a sign
or is this me
is this temporary
will this feeling ever flee

I keep trying
I have no other choice
settle down
unscramble the noise
GW May 2019
How could I ever be enough
my skin is thin, your words are rough
who can I let in when I am in doubt
tired of crying, I feel a drought
approaching as I come to understand
the face that is hiding underneath this strand
of hair that’s ******* in a messy bun
looking in the mirror and I am done
of feeling sorry for myself and what I am not
of fighting the battle that I have fought
“I love myself” is what I WILL say
when the time comes, when it’s the day
that insecurity is overshadowed by
self love, confidence, and when I stop asking why.

— The End —