"It's not easy being the disappointment of the family~"
.
I said
In a singsong voice
Almost proudly
But I'm not, am I?
If anything, I'm their pride
Eldest child for my grandparents
First one to get into this uni
(Best in the country
[Not even aunt Denise got in,
And now she's a teacher in another.
PhD like I wish I could be] )
Working
At a multinational giant
(Of my own karmic design
But does that even mean anything
Now that I'm in?)
Blonde, blue-eyed cheerleader
(yes, I once was one)
Has the perfect boyfriend and a perfect life
Like they said
Between gritted envious teeth.
.
I get it
That's what they see
They're not wrong
Just wish I saw my merit in all of this
I didn't earn my eyes, my hair
The steps that got me this far
Were given to me
I didn't earn any of this
I met hawk by chance
And he stuck with me when I didn't want him
Before I got to want him
So was it really my doing?
These things I've
"earned"
I look at them and see nothing but pure luck
I was lucky to get in
One in one hundred and seventy
Among twenty seven thousand one hundred and twenty six
Tell me if that's not luck
Twenty fifth place in one hundred and twenty
Of at least nine dot three times that
(Which makes it
One thousand one hundred and sixteen
But that was after the bulk got knocked out
How many may it have been?
Who tries for my path anyway?)
It was
Luck
Not merit
And even if it was merit
Look at me
Look at what I've done with this
All the years I've hid away in failure
And even now that I got this far I still struggle to walk on stubbed toes
I write this outside of downtime because my hands will not type anything else
I make a penny
Corn makes a dime
That's why I cry on company time
Haha
Pathetic.
.
It's not a merit if you never deserved it
If you don't work for it even after getting it
If you don't enjoy it and make it worth your time
It's not
And I'm wasting these
Which I only ever want to keep
So nobody else calls me what I call myself
When I look at myself in the mirror
And see anything that isn't eagle.
.
"but I'm here, bitch. And I'm fabulous."
.
( My only merit in these times
This year
Is I can say for sure
I've saved a life or two with my words.
I'm thankful they're still around.
But that
Is really
All. )









