I’m really scared that I won’t become all I am capable of.

I feel that if you were to cut me open,
Potential and opportunity would flow out of me.
But, here I am –
Coming up short.

What if something goes wrong along the way?
What if I take the wrong job,
say yes to the wrong boy,
or move to the wrong town?
What if I miss out on an incredible life and settle for a mediocre one,
Because I was in the wrong place at the wrong time,
or I didn't think I deserved better.

I want to become something.
I pray I don’t miss it.
God, let me become all I am capable of.

(a.g.)