Being Crowded Out of This World

Unsplash — Owen Cannon

With every year that passes, there are university and high school graduates who are starting the rest of their lives.

I see many bright, determined and eager faces at university campuses and I am confident that ambition will never fade.

I feel pushed out further and further as , every year, new graduates apply for work.

More than ten years after I graduated university, I am still not where I want to be.

I live with my family, don’t feel financially empowered, and don’t feel free to do all that I wish to do as there are other people whose schedules I have to consider when planning my routine.

There are too many people in the world for anywhere on it not to keep going.

I don’t contribute much to the world apart from my many footsteps from my walks.

I often feel distant from everything around me as I haven’t been chosen to help out with anything.

University campuses everywhere find themselves packed full of students who hope to take on the world in their own way eventually. When I walk by and through these campuses, I am reminded about whether or not I shall ever be of use.

I notice, often, all of the young and capable people typing away on their laptops on lawn chairs, trains and coffee…