The clock ticks louder and louder as my
Thoughts get stronger and stronger
And as my pen writes faster and faster……
I come to realization that im no longer just writing essays or filling in blanks or choosing true or false,
Im choosing to pass or fail life and pass or fail society's expectations of what it means to be successful.
Success that became defined as an education that totally deterred from a path that I was destined to follow.
Success that became defined as how high I scored on a exam amongst millions of others who are just as messed up as I am wondering if their decisions are ever going to be their own.
Your definition of "success" has led to our demise
And maybe one day youll come to realize that it doesn't necessarily take jail or slavery for a people to become institutionalized,
It took 9-950, 630 to nine, 8-3 ,50 minutes , 60 minutes, even 8 hrs spent at a time
learning how to be successful.
Spending hours and hours while you shaped my mind to blend in with a kind that led me to believe that this is the way,... when at the end of the day, all I became was trapped in you and your dreams, forgetting my own.
You conditioned my assimilation ultimately closing forever my self realization making believe I was wrong for having hair that defined my lifestyle or that I failing myself because I had an accent that reflected my culture .
Your success became the agent of control ultimately substituting society for my soulAnd the result , me being ignorant enough to commit self-suicide for the good of….what, the whole?
They say," Go to school and you'll see that possibilities are endless"
So why did everyone fail to mention that those endless possibilities only arose in the light of opportunities and that until then….. ill be stuck in darkness.
Darkness trying to fill out resumes along with welfare applications , when I just spent thousands at your institution of higher learning to ensure that I would never have to.
After writing your objectives and skills enough times, writing words after words , thoughts after thoughts, trying to show what you've learned,
you come to realize one thing you were taught that was wrong is…
that in the real world alphabetical order means nothing, leaving you to wonder what else was false about your " education".
When we live in a world where Sue will forever take precedence of Jaquisha and Tom will ever be before Dante.
So you tell me,………. how can I EVER be successful ?
Thoughts get stronger and stronger
And as my pen writes faster and faster……
I come to realization that im no longer just writing essays or filling in blanks or choosing true or false,
Im choosing to pass or fail life and pass or fail society's expectations of what it means to be successful.
Success that became defined as an education that totally deterred from a path that I was destined to follow.
Success that became defined as how high I scored on a exam amongst millions of others who are just as messed up as I am wondering if their decisions are ever going to be their own.
Your definition of "success" has led to our demise
And maybe one day youll come to realize that it doesn't necessarily take jail or slavery for a people to become institutionalized,
It took 9-950, 630 to nine, 8-3 ,50 minutes , 60 minutes, even 8 hrs spent at a time
learning how to be successful.
Spending hours and hours while you shaped my mind to blend in with a kind that led me to believe that this is the way,... when at the end of the day, all I became was trapped in you and your dreams, forgetting my own.
You conditioned my assimilation ultimately closing forever my self realization making believe I was wrong for having hair that defined my lifestyle or that I failing myself because I had an accent that reflected my culture .
Your success became the agent of control ultimately substituting society for my soulAnd the result , me being ignorant enough to commit self-suicide for the good of….what, the whole?
They say," Go to school and you'll see that possibilities are endless"
So why did everyone fail to mention that those endless possibilities only arose in the light of opportunities and that until then….. ill be stuck in darkness.
Darkness trying to fill out resumes along with welfare applications , when I just spent thousands at your institution of higher learning to ensure that I would never have to.
After writing your objectives and skills enough times, writing words after words , thoughts after thoughts, trying to show what you've learned,
you come to realize one thing you were taught that was wrong is…
that in the real world alphabetical order means nothing, leaving you to wonder what else was false about your " education".
When we live in a world where Sue will forever take precedence of Jaquisha and Tom will ever be before Dante.
So you tell me,………. how can I EVER be successful ?
1 comment:
I think everyone can be successful. I don't have the blueprint but I look @ inspirational stories such os Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry, amongst others, and I think success can be obtained under any circumstances if one has the will and the determination and the talent.
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