13
Big Fish
Big fish, little pond
‘Bright’ mind
In an ‘average’ crowd
“If you just
Worked harder,”
They would say
“So many things you
Could accomplish.”
So I did.
I worked hard,
Barely slept,
Turned everything in,
Got mostly A’s.
But suddenly,
I was very dumb.
Crazy dumb.
Suddenly
I was
A small fish
In a big pond.
With more
Bright kids.
Who slept less,
Got all A’s.
And no longer
Was it about
Working hard.
Genetic predisposition
Just didn’t make me
As smart.
Yet, these
New fish
Pushed me on.
They tell me
“It’s not that
You are dumb.”
But eventually
You will become
A product
Of that
Around you.