Aspiration

If I had a crystal ball into the future the only thing I would like to know

Whether in my advancing years, as a writer I would sufficiently grow

To be published, at some level, to be recognized

That, for me, would be the accomplishment most prized..

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To not talk about my dreams out loud, I’ve been conditioned

I feel somewhat embarrassed to have publicly expressed my ambition

Worse still, I wonder if I have jinxed myself now

I fear that talking about my dream would make it vaporize somehow..

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Sometimes I laugh at my dream’s audacity

Without any formal instruction or a creative writing degree

Without having followers on a social media platform

From an aspiring poet into a published author I want to transform?

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Maybe all I want to accomplish today

Is to get past the self-doubt blocking my way

Take some steps to hone my writing skills

Find a way after articulating my will

There would never be a crystal ball to see

What the future has in store for me

So all I can do is keep my ambition alive

While to write better and write more prolifically I strive