I Wish You Could See Your Potential

I wish you could see your potential,
your compassion that swells from
your bleeding heart, so quick to
help with nothing to gain.

I wish you would try, just try a little
to make something of yourself,
to embrace ambition the way you grip
that Xbox controller.

I wish you could see what I see.
Would things be different in your life
if you would’ve risen from the couch,
labored and toiled, and never languished?

I wish you would care, even for a minute
about your future, your calling,
the three-day scruff and the
tumultuous moments of silence.

But you wish for nothing,
because you’re stagnate, contentment
wrapping its grip around your soul,
around your potential.

Around what could’ve been.

An expert editor, seasoned writer, and author-centric marketer, Shayla Raquel works one-on-one with authors and business owners every day. A lifelong lover of books, she has edited over 300 books and has launched several Amazon bestsellers for her clients. Her award-winning blog teaches new and established authors how to write, publish, and market their books. She is the author of the Pre-Publishing Checklist, The Rotting (in Shivers in the Night), and her novel-in-progress, The Suicide Tree. She lives in Oklahoma with her two dogs, Chanel and Wednesday. Learn more at ShaylaRaquel.com.