"Untapped Potential"
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I am an assortment
of untapped potential.
Is this the world's way
of saying I have nothing?
Ten years from now will
I still have potential?
Will my life speak
for itself? Or will I fail?
Listening to the words
spoken to each of us,
it seems we all possess
enormous amounts of potential.
Has potential become
the new back-handed compliment?
Has it developed into
painful words designed to shame?
Can potential be measured?
Can I have more than you?
Could the vice-versa be true?
Who designates potential?
If it were up to me I
would exchange the word
“potential” with the word
“capability”, it suits more.
But capability suggests
I'm able to do something
of worth or value in
our society. Can't have that.
Remarking on untapped
potential is highly
degrading. You crush
me before I even begin.