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Starting Over From the Bottom--Trying To Work Back Up Again

when all is lost it hurts depending on family and friends stuck starting over from the bottom trying to work back up again ... with all my past experience and for a man of my age being forced to work a kids position and must settle for miminal wage i've worked all over the country done almost everything high positions--high salaries now i must live below my means now im out here hustling doing all types of odd jobs pawning everything-hauling straps whatever it takes not to rob you would think with all my talent my resume would speak for itself but now i realize how relevant that i must take whatever job that left and everyone i seen going up was still movin up on my way down did'nt think i'd ever be down on my luck that's why it;s so hard to get off the ground humm all those so called friends that i thought had my back could'nt be found no-where when i need them to take up some slack but i geuss the inflation hit everyone so i really cant get mad just need to stop sitting here pondering bout all the good jobs i had for none of that really matters now what i'd gathered at the end is im stuck starting over at the bottom trying to work my way back up again

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Date: 12/8/2011 6:36:00 AM
This is very heart touching and... TRUE!! alot of people have the same problems. I wouldn't know too much because i'm only 15, but my parents are struggling with that too. But i do know what it's like to be at the bottom and trying to work my way back up i can relate to that. and sometimes i know it's too hard to stand.. but you'll get through it i don't even know you and i see it... Very nice poem
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