They hail it as a gift,<\/p>\n
Wrapped in the silk of expectations<\/p>\n
Laced with frail threads of hope<\/p>\n
Whispering “you were meant for more”.<\/p>\n
It drapes over your shoulder<\/p>\n
Like an visible mantle, not yet tangible<\/p>\n
But visceral enough to haunt you,<\/p>\n
It festers in the marrow of your ambition<\/p>\n
Lurking behind every incomplete endeavour<\/p>\n
Every missed opportunity,<\/p>\n
And if you falter<\/p>\n
They call it squandered<\/p>\n
Though if you triumph<\/p>\n
They\u2019ll say you always had it<\/p>\n
And term it as luck,<\/p>\n
And you lie there in between<\/p>\n
The agony of suffocation<\/p>\n
Of “wasted potential” Of “almosts” and “not enough” Only you know the exquisite torment<\/p>\n
Of being “capable” Yet shackled by the weight of<\/p>\n
“What you could have been” Potential\u2014a gift that feels more like a curse.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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