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Glass Ceiling
Poetry
Glass Ceiling
By DynamicS
On the path to upward mobility; looking through the glass
Ceiling your expectation: transparency, diversity and inclusiveness.
Instead you find conformity, uniformity and exclusivity is the reality
You seek for a staircase, a window or a ladder of opportunity
So you jump and wave; but they still don’t see you
Thinking that the beckoning was in good faith
You endeavour to take a place at the table.
Gesturing your intention; but you seem transparent
So you jump and wave; but they still don’t see you.
The phone you’ve tried but their voice mail instructs:
“Leave a message we’ll call you back.”
But they lied because no call you receive
So you jump and wave; but they still don’t see you.
You e-mail about your positive attitude; your value
Added contributions that would make them look
Good to great; but still they do not recognize your efforts
So you jump and wave; but they still don’t see you.
Few days ago an announcement you peruse
With all your initiatives and recommendations for improvement
So you’ve brought a sledge hammer
Do you think they’ll listen now?
Comments
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fastfreta, great to hear from you. Thanks for your visit and your comment. I appreciate your feedback.
I'm so sorry I haven't been over to see you lately, I'm finding so many gems. I'll be back! Again this is beautiful and affects many of us. I took the opportunity to share this with my followers.
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Dim Flaxenwick, thanks for your visit and comment. The sledge hammer as you know is a mataphor for drastic action which is sometimes necessary to challenge the status quo. Violence is negative but is it ever warrented?!
Loved this. !!!!Sad when we have to resort to the sledgehammer but it´s they´re own fault. (hee hee)
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