'What Can I Offer? ' Poem by Elle Belle

Where does my talent begin
What area have I excelled
To be born without a gift
Is the harshest truth to tell

No matter what I do
I'm always one step behind
Reaching success momentarily
Till I'm needed no longer

I'd be a fool to believe in
Putting more effort into hobbies
When even those begin to crumble
Showing me that I'm nothing.

Wasting away in this loop
I'm left with only you
A huge price to pay
My whole being at stake
This pain is not simple
No it becomes my entire day

Without a possibility to withstand
I turn to only self deprecating
Sabotaging my chances
On resolving such tragedy

There's no longer a distraction
This plague is never ending
Trailing me from behind
Submerging all that's left inside me

What more is there to do
When I'm no longer in focus
Even if I choose to be at my best
There's always someone else who is better