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Talent

TALENT For many years, in my infancy I had always thought, or rather, intuition had me believe that I was the worst there was to life For because societal values and normative acts had me hypnotized Then day by day, I degraded into what was believed to be a sordid incapable loser Over and over again, I had my brain depleted into what was called mental deterioration In all the years of my infancy, I worked harder than the word hard itself To try to level with this ideal person society had created I tried just too hard..., For some reason I was rather automated, made to believe that only a certain path was the one But simply because I am human, I was bound to make a mistake, only it’s just in such deserted times and random times that a mistake may be the best thing that happens in life Because I had failed in the chosen path And a terrible mistake I had alone or so thought of it as terrible mistake In that unbelievable way a mistake was miraculous I discovered in the path I ought not to have taken, My talent Through being able to regain peace of mind It is then that thoughts of having the society mock me down for failure to become what they needed me to be were shuttered I have realized over time that, talent gives you strength when you are hopeless It moulds you into someone or something when societal ideologies of success render you useless Find your talent and be thus defined, refined and yes surely you

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Date: 5/5/2017 11:41:00 AM
I am sorry that you suffered on your way to discover yourself. But your poem also has a lot of peace and hope for the future in it, for yourself and others. Welcome to PoetrySoup.
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Leneolame Thutlwe
Date: 5/5/2017 1:23:00 PM
Thank you, The reality of life is said at times ....

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