#overachiever
Come now, come and see; she's the one you've been looking for!
She feels it all: the fear, the weight, the love, the pressure.
She radiates beyond that of, any one person can take hold.
The resentment, the tears, the gut wrenching.
They BEG to see more.
Unfiltered, de-masked, but she must stay in her box!
Feel less.
Why don't you have anything left to give?
Are you not satisfied with this attention? Selfish.
Can't you breathe with your wings folded tight?
Look at her- Look!
Isn't it marvelous when contained?
Let me lean on her.
She shines so bright in the most absurd of circumstances.
You MUST perform for the masses!
See! Don't you see? Incredible-
to see how it pours out of it's everything for you.
Can't you love her yet?
Is she still not enough?
May 5
May 5, 2026 at 8:06 AM UTC
I'm not perfect
I have never been perfect
I will never be perfect
But knowing that
won't stop me from
trying
Jan 31
Jan 31, 2026 at 10:21 PM UTC
why
do i still try to win in public speaking contests
when i know i'll never be good enough to do so?
why
do i still try to have the "best presentation" in class
when i know i'll never be as good as the rest?
why
do i still try to run for treasurer in school council
when i know i'll always lose?
why
do i still aim for gold
when i know i'll never be smart enough to reach that?
why
do i still try?
Jan 3
Jan 3, 2026 at 9:52 AM UTC
I always cry too hard,
Strive too far,
Reach too high.
I always work too hard,
Love too much,
Cry myself to sleep.
I’ve always gone above and beyond,
That is the life of an overachiever,
After all,
May 26, 2025
May 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM UTC
I have always been the gifted child
overachiever and overworking myself
desperate for approval
if I get good grades, maybe my parents will love me
get straight A's
get on the honor roll
be the top of my class
a B is the same as an F
you drilled that into me
my worth was dependent on my grades
if I wasn't the best, I was worthless
I hold these messages to this day
no matter how detrimental they are to me
now staying a the top and the best grades is a struggle
I can't be the perfect child anymore
Mar 13, 2025
Mar 13, 2025 at 8:39 AM UTC
Tried so hard it surpassed my limits
I'm a drained over achiever and a dreaming believer
Really my work is a reward if you could tell by my eyebags
Education system won't let me take a breather
Determination is my pill and I won't stop until I'm burnt out.
Feb 26, 2025
Feb 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM UTC
I'm so tired of being tired.
Just let me go to sleep, please.
I've been working
working
working
My whole ******* life,
And for what?
For some stupid praise?
A degree - the same as everyone else that didn't **** themselves over this and instead lived out their lives?
Don't you know,
I don't envision myself as anything in the future.
I get a little sad when I hear people talk about theirs, because I see that they're practically already there.
In their mind, their heart.
They've got that something, keeping me going.
What do I have?
Nothing.
I am nothing.
I don't dream,
Because I don't sleep.
And because I don't sleep,
I am tired.
I am tired.
I am so ******* tired.
And I'm too old to get tucked in by my mom with a bedtime story,
So here I am, writing bedtime poetry and biology notes.
(It all really doesn't matter in the end.)
Jan 13, 2025
Jan 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM UTC
Why don't I feel good about this?
I've been practically killing myself for 3 years and... I got what I wanted.
"Wanted".
Did I really want this?
Was all that for just this?
I should be grateful, I know I should,
but I still find myself asking why.
Why?
They didn't do **** I did.
They told me and all I said was "oh, wow".
I can't say I didn't expect it, but, I don't know.
I don't know.
I'm not mad that I got it, of course, but not really happy either.
I don't really feel anything about it. I tell people, and I don't feel any pride, just nothing.
Nothing...
nothing
nothing
nothing
nothing.
Dec 2, 2024
Dec 2, 2024 at 9:42 PM UTC
You don't give a glass of water
To a drowning man
And you don't throw a thirsty man
Into the deep blue sea
Yet I drank deep of that glass
Though my lungs were full of water
And thanked you for the refreshing swim
As I gulped the briny down.
Aug 9, 2017
Aug 9, 2017 at 1:45 PM UTC
I'm over this pain
I'm over this ban
I'm over this plan
I'm over this fan
I'm over this gain
I'm over this
I'm done
I'm over disk
Jan 27, 2020
Jan 27, 2020 at 10:17 PM UTC
Hang me with a pretty red scarf,
Gag me with my ambitions,
let me suffocate.
My chaos is my own doing,
Leave me to die on my own ******* sword.
Apr 29, 2019
Apr 29, 2019 at 1:04 PM UTC
is it okay to
want so much & work so hard
yet have so little?
Apr 15, 2019
Apr 15, 2019 at 1:50 PM UTC
Some think that a well thought out compliment
Is the best gift to give me.
What they don't know is that it stifles me,
Buries me under yet another layer of self doubt,
Wondering yet again, “What if I fail them?”
What if I'm just a fake, a fraud?
What if suddenly I wasn't so amazing, so perfect?
I love to be treasured,
But what happens when everyone
Finds out I'm just fool's gold?
Aug 16, 2018
Aug 16, 2018 at 9:57 AM UTC
Future.
One word,
That sends thousands to their knees.
The ultimate fear,
Whether acknowledged or denied.
The ultimate seduction,
Overlooked and overstated.
It looms unendingly,
A second shadow to mock your efforts.
A silent lure,
Tempting and drunk on its own velocity.
Constant yet uncertain...
Striking fear and lust,
Like a taboo so sweet,
Into the hearts of the fearful and the ambitious.
I walk happily into the darkness,
And embrace the dark temptation.
Self-destruction in a heady promise
Of a tremulous future.
Nov 21, 2013
Nov 21, 2013 at 1:40 PM UTC