In our actions lies our well-being.  
We rise each day,  
Do our work with courage,  
Shining   like the sun   without fear.

Ambitious,  
We strive to make everything work,  
Perfectly, seamlessly.

But then,  
We become obsessed with glory  
Craving recognition,  
Longing for appreciation.

Who doesn’t want others to be proud?

Yet this desire builds a cage
A prison of expectations  
Where our happiness becomes theirs to decide.

We can’t control their reactions,  
Their thoughts, their praise,  
Or what they expect from us.

So instead,
Let us take joy in the doing  
Find freedom in our intentions.

Not to be thanked,  
Not to be seen,  
But simply to live… freely and fully.

When I was a youth
I was busy, busy, busy,
rushing from one activity to another
ambitious for success,
but I was unhappy
because I was too busy
to care for my mind,
my mind was suffering and confused
with many bottled-up emotions and thoughts;

Now that I’m wiser
I realise
what I need
is to take time-out
to care for my mind:
to introspect into my emotions and thoughts
to express to myself my emotions and thoughts
to become aware of my emotions and thoughts
to evaluate my emotions and thoughts
to improve my emotions and thoughts
until I have achieved wisdom
about what I can do
to achieve my joy and happiness.

I’m a paradox.
I say I don’t care,
when I really do.

I say I don’t need someone
to ask me how I am,
while I am longing them to.

I say my voice matters
and act as though it doesn’t.

I want someone to know my emotions
when I haven’t told them
and never want to tell them either.

I want to be happy
but I think of sad thoughts.

I am lazy,
yet I am ambitious.

I crave attention,
love and support
but reject when it
comes in my way.

I am strong,
yet run back to the ones who hurt me.

I am a conflicted contradiction.

Ambitious

Gold melts away
the dark blanket
as if a sign to start
anew

be ambitious
he whispers

no
you answer back

and slowly block the
gold penetrating through the window
with your blanket of doubt

Yes!Yes!
I am ambitious,
At least not pretentious.
I want success,
To top positions access.
I want to make more than enough,
Dough,
To uplift those lesser,
To be better.