Poetry – Is It Because of The Color of My Skin?

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Navigating Not Being Liked In The Corporate World

When I find out they didn’t invite me

I hold it together

And I remember they don’t need to like me

But sometimes I wish

They were more inviting

More nice to me

More enticing

I’m siloed

I’m solo

I don’t fit in with any group

I’m alone in my own troop

When I write

There is silence

When I speak

There is silence

When I am highlighted

There is an odd sense

That I am not wanted

Am I doing too well?

Am I not doing too well?

I never know

Because they tell me so

But then you

Your silence and indifference

Tell me no

But for now, I’m here

I’ll stay

Because at the end of the day

I’ll be okay

I don’t need you to like me

But I wish I had more support

Especially from people that are like me
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