Growing up were you ever
told that you were no good,
maybe not in so many words
but the message was understood.
No praise forthcoming no
matter what you achieved,
left your spirits dampened
and feeling aggrieved.
As you got older did you
ignore the negativity?
or like me did it
extinguish your creativity?
No belief that you could
amount to something
you were just another statistic
who would be
remembered for nothing.
Is it now too late to
open up your mind
and realise your potential was
there it was just hard to find.
The 50 year old poet 
Oh, a very uplifting post and love the ending! 👍
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It’s never too late. We are who we are, meant to be in time, when/where/however we live. So long as you live.
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It’s never too late! I’ve seen so many people challenge themselves in later life, for all sorts of different reasons, and been successful. By success, I mean they’ve gained both spiritually & in confidence from their own efforts, because they’ve achieved things they thought they never could, or never had the opportunity to do so. It doesn’t matter what the new skill/act is, but the tiniest step can be the key to open the door to self-fulfilment in one particular aspect of life. One success is definitely better than none, or the perception of none.
I don’t consider myself old, but it was only earlier this year, aged 57, that I started sharing recently written poems. Until then they’d been composed in my head & later forgotten. It’s been so freeing & a wonderful way to express myself. I do it for me, but if others enjoy it, all well & good. Maybe I could’ve or should’ve done it before, but I’m just delighted that I did it at all. Go for whatever your heart desires, if you don’t try, you’ll never know. One of the loneliest & saddest questions is, “what if…?” The answer is, “why not!” 🙂
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Brilliantly said.
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Thank you 🙂
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It’s never too late.
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