What's Your Worth?
How valuable are you?
Ever since every human's come out of the day of their birth
External beings have always assigned us our worth
Some of us are born with value, while others have it made
Some of us are stored with value, while others loose their grade
People always assign value to one another without their permission
People assign a value to you, trying to fit you in their system
When it comes to the value you got how's it counted?
The value you gained or lost how's it amounted?
Everybody's got a
Value for their systems
Value Recognition
Value with Conditions
Value for permission
Value for Accepting
If not, then they're Rejecting!
Education! Education!
Can change your destination
Jobs and Companies have an inclination
To incorporate
Employ those with an innovation
To station
Their hired population
For providing goods and services
Since that's where the worth is
You have to gain some experience
Or else they'll think that you're delirious
And not even serious
When it comes to providing their company with value, or even some form of quality
Even on your days off you have to be on call for these
Certain types of positions
There's something for someone, somewhere, but we still need permission
Everybody's got a
Value for their systems
Value Recognition
Value with Conditions
Value for permission
Value for Accepting
If not, then they're Rejecting!
One day I had to stop to go and take stock
Of the company I'm working for, so I looked up their stock
I don't want to remain in the same job for the rest of my life, dead-end
So I looked at their growth rate, P/E Ratio, and most importantly yielding dividend
I had to see how much I had to pay them for them to pay me back
Reverse Engineered the numbers, that's right I did the math
I checked the value of my income I checked what they're paying
To them, inherit value I have is low, that's what I'm saying.
I'm not looking at numbers compounded over the years
The number I'm looking at is if I started this year
The Fear
Of not being valuable can leave one in tears
"How can I prevent mine, and prevent my stagnation?
How fast can I become valued in a state of inflation?"
Everybody's got a
Value for their systems
Value Recognition
Value with Conditions
Value for permission
Value for Accepting
If not, then they're Rejecting!
Finances, money, aren't the only relations with Value,
A relationship Values
Two or more people enter, they join
For more than, or Only, their loins
A collection of coins
A status of wealth
A status of health
Below and Behind
Our pants held up by Belts
Emotions are felt
Pheromones, made, are smelt
Physiological
Psychological
Everything all amounts
To looks, status, composure
And you can't forget about body count
It's the image presented VS the image that's used
Built Up, Knocked Down, Improved or Devalued
Sometimes it's all misconceptions
Sometimes it's all just abused
Project the Object onto people, making them tools
Trying to make or change the way people are makes You the Fool!
A lot say that they have such high standards
Wave 'Em Around like a banner
You can preach that your body's a temple
Yet you treat it more poorly than a manor
There's your answer
Your fundamental sexological cancer
Instead of looking for signs; like an Aries or a Cancer
You gotta look for the flags
Both the red and the green
But remember they're not the same nor treated equally
Just approach with caution cause a red flag could be disguised as yellow
You could get stuck at the crossroads of indecision
Struck by collision
And kill a fellow
When it comes to romances
It's more than just chances
People always entitled, that's what their demands is
When it takes two to tango, we see what the dance is
Everybody's got a
Value for their systems
Value Recognition
Value with Conditions
Value for permission
Value for Accepting
If not, then they're Rejecting!
Yes, the world thats external can determine your value
The world that's external has determined set values
To get what you want you have to value follow through
What do you value? (Determine your value)
That's up to you.
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Comments (5)
This poem is amazing! I like the way you point out in the beginning that from the day of our birth we let others decide what we are worth. Or it just seems to happen that way. Without asking for it, we start out being told how valuable (or not) we are. At some point in our lives, we have to put the brakes on and declare that no individual, company, or corporation can tell us what we are worth. You reminded us that as we say our body is a temple, we treat it worse than a manor. Beautiful analogy! I am guilty of doing that in some ways, and have resolved to try to do better.
This is a masterful piece of writing. It feels like a very well-refined and elaborate RATM song. The systems we are born into surely were not meant to be- it feels like we are born to feed the greed of the elites. I am new to Vocal and excited to meet new writers and read new poetry-keep up the great work!
Wow!!! That was a powerful performance poem!!!💖😊💕
Sometimes it's so hard to push for your own value. To see your worth and make others see it too. Or move on if they don't. This was a great reminder to value yourself but also to be mindful of how we show value to others. Great work :)
Whoaaa! This was so powerful!!!! I loved it so much!