EXTRAORDINARY
Why do you have to be extraordinary
In order to be acceptable
While mediocre fits the bill
For others who seek to lead?
Why do you have to be extraordinary
In order to make them comfortable
Why must YOUR resume be full
Of skill sets THEY don't need?
Why do you have to be extraordinary
In order to sit at tables where
Others pull up without a care
Nor, fear they don't belong?
Why do you have to be extraordinary
And subject to the scrutiny
Of crushing mediocrity
Gross ignorance; stupidity
As if nothing is wrong?
Why do you have to be extraordinary?
Since when is competence a foe?
(Your excellence is powerful
Your mind makes them uncomfortable
It kills their narrative)
Why do you have to be extraordinary?
Ancestors said, "Be twice as good"
It's evident, they understood
The playing field would NOT be fair
You’ve no prerogative
Why do you have to be extraordinary?
Should you excel, anywhere
You’d have to leave no stone un-turned
You’d have to prove all that you’ve learned
As goalposts moved about
Why do YOU have to be extraordinary?
Sterling achievements whited out
But you know what THAT’S all about
They, too, are quite aware
While sowing seeds of doubt
Why do you have to be extraordinary
While others, with bare minimum
Decide how systems should be run
Judging and ranking everyone;
Making arbitrary demands?
Why do you have to be extraordinary?
At what point do you say "Enough!"
Expose the slick and shady stuff;
Centuries-old fear and bigotry
That seek to crush equality;
Snatch away opportunity
With grossly unclean hands?
Why do YOU have to be extraordinary?
Why this imposed insanity?
In every industry, it’s found
Some climb, while others sneak around
Cheat, lie, and no one makes a sound
Please, help me understand!
Why do YOU have to be extraordinary?
Why are YOU an anomaly
Whose brilliance simply can’t be true
So they need to be rid of you
To make room for their choice cuckoo?
Why?
Just because they CAN?
~VRW
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