Artwork by Alexis Baydoun

1,000 Rejections

Alexis Baydoun
Nov 3 · 1 min read

I used to think I’m kind
and with my kindness I thought I’d get
away and so much
of what I deserved,
until I experienced the vices of cruelty
and my cruelty shattered
the stranger and the friend,
I sat in silence and thought to myself:
“Here, I have been cruel —
I can be cruel.”
I looked around me for signs
to feed an instinctive voice
and heard the early bird song
welcoming another day
so I learned
something must be kinder.

We must wait per se,
for all good things to grow.
I wish to be a fisherman or a monk.

From my book of collected poetry and artworks “Echoes On A Wheel”, available here

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