Writing Isn't A Career
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“You only get one chance to do it right,”
They say.
One job
One future
One life
One chance
“Don’t screw it up,”
They say.
I put in the work
The back breaking,
Dirty work
I clock in the hours
Of memorization
And concentration
Until my mind is overflowing with words
That I will use only once.
I’m striving for perfection
The kind of student
Every college looks for
Because they say
“Writing isn’t a career.”
Because they chide
“You don’t stand a chance.”
So I will be a doctor
And save lives
Or a teacher
And shape them
Or a scientist
And change them
I get one chance
And even if I dream of a life
Where I spin tales
Of princesses
And dragons
And lives so contradictory to my own
I still only get one chance
Because
“Writing isn’t a career.”