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Why can’t choose what I want to be To do what makes me happy Why can’t I write till the books are empty And my heart is free , Guilty Why do I have to follow What was not made for me Is science the only way people Seem wealthy Engineer doctor lawyer or a disappointment People say this is a lie But blindly follow this Why I wanted to be poet Write till my heart felt every bit But here I am in rat race That I know I am never going to win Not even a bit Here in this cage Burning out like a flower about wilt My parents paid so much I have to do this I felt I cried for endless days Didn’t know how to go free From this days I wish parents just listen To me Someday I will working like a dog For a 9 to 5 corporate job Just like they wanted Isn’t it all just sorted I was never enough Never can be The only thing that thinks I am enough Is this paper Between you and me
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Apr 19
Apr 19, 2026 at 1:00 PM UTC
Dreams I Buried For a Degree
Why can’t choose what I want to be To do what makes me happy Why can’t I write till the books are empty And my heart is free , Guilty Why do I have to follow What was not made for me Is science the only way people Seem wealthy Engineer doctor lawyer or a disappointment People say this is a lie But blindly follow this Why I wanted to be poet Write till my heart felt every bit But here I am in rat race That I know I am never going to win Not even a bit Here in this cage Burning out like a flower about wilt My parents paid so much I have to do this I felt I cried for endless days Didn’t know how to go free From this days I wish parents just listen To me Someday I will working like a dog For a 9 to 5 corporate job Just like they wanted Isn’t it all just sorted I was never enough Never can be The only thing that thinks I am enough Is this paper Between you and me
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Apr 19
Apr 19, 2026 at 1:00 PM UTC
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