"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