Careers Advice
I am a square peg
Trying to fit in what I am told
Is a square hole
By people who have moulded
Me in their image
To ensure conformity
And job security
But I do not fit
I look the same, but my brain
Works in a peculiar way
I’m no square peg
Rather a folded and scolded
Misshapen person
Whose edges were broken
When violently spoken to
as a young child
Take time to smooth out the creases
And review the pieces
Look once again at the person inside
Thoughts
I didn’t know what I wanted to be when I left school. I still don’t. For a while I thought I would be a guitar builder but I got fed up of that and moved on to something else.
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