Dear Rejection

Dear Rejection,

 

I think I am embracing you for who you truly are. It took me years to understand that you are just a part of life. Many claims that you are the strong bone to building my character. I used to disagree. There were times when I felt like I did not belong in this world. Hearing the words “No” felt like the sharpest of blades dipped in flames cutting through not only the layers of my Black skin but my soul.

 

I feared you to the point that you stopped me from ever pursing any ideas that ever came to mind, any woman I thought was fine, anything I wanted to claim was mine, but I see now with the days, months, and years gone by -- you are a pain in my behind.

 

All jokes aside, you were an extraordinary adversary; an obstacle that I am so proud to overcome. As I ponder, as I wonder, what matters, in the end, is how I respond to your actions, not how it makes me feel. This is what you taught me: you can either make me or break me. In all truths, you have made me into a strong willed-man.

 

So, Rejection, I’m unsure whether you would be happy to hear this, but I fear you no more. I do not fear taking chances, I do not fear love, I do not fear to hear “No!” Because of you, I face my challenges head-on. Thank you for the lessons throughout the years.

 

Your Kryptonite,

David Acheampong

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