What will I Be?

Poetry Prompt: childhood dreams

When I was a little child, I wanted to grow up, Finish my school quickly, Begin my life in college.

When I was in college, I wanted to work and earn, Where I did not know, I Was directionless about what to do?

My father wanted me to do something new, He made me do commerce/business studies, A path girls dreaded and were keen instead to marry, But, I wanted to work to be financially independent.

I became an assistant accountant in an office, Never thought that I will be teaching, Spent all my life in higher education, Enjoying being a professor, mentoring students.

Having tasted being an entrepreneur and a designer too, Now I am having fun doing blog writing as my hobby, Everything just happened in my life, As though it was predestined, and predetermined.

Just stepped in and it continued from there, With the flow of energy, the direction in my life,

All I wanted to do was work to be financially independent. In my days, women in India did not work. They were supposed to be performing their duties at home and working women were looked down upon. It did not matter to me. I had to work and I paved my way after that and worked wherever I was destined to be.

I have worked in a corporate organization, as an academician and an entrepreneur. I just jump into things that I don't know anything about. So when Rochelle Silva prompted me, here I am writing my story.

This poem is a poetry prompt by Rochelle Silva

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