Work & Soul: Poems About Professional Life

By Rafael Lima

Between the pressure for results and the search for personal fulfillment, professional life becomes a battlefield of emotions.

 

In this book, you will find poems that explore the diverse nuances of work, from the anxiety of the interview to the joy of achievement, through the frustrations of everyday life and the hope for a better future.

 

Discover the beauty and complexity of the human soul in the midst of the corporate world, through verses that touch the heart and inspire reflection.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rafael Lima
• Release date: Apr 9, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224101849

Rafael Lima

Brasil, 1989 Graduado em Processos Gerenciais e M.B.A. em Gestão Estratégica de Projetos pelo Centro Universitário UNA. Cristão pela Graça de Deus. Apaixonado pela escrita (português, espanhol e inglês), poeta e romancista. Um poeta e escritor, que compartilha seus pensamentos através dos versos dos poemas e dos capítulos dos romances. Também escrevo em inglês e espanhol para alcançar mais pessoas em mais lugares. No tempo livre, gosto de videogames, filmes e séries. Fico pensando no dia em que um de meus livros será a base para uma destas produções…

Book preview

Looking for a New Opportunity

I must start my seek every day,

I must seek a new workplace.

Until I find it, I seek it exhaustively with all my ways.

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I access many sites and send many CVs,

I want the recruiters may see me.

I want them to know I can be productive.

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My biggest desire is to get out of this situation,

To be unemployed brings me affliction.

It is a feeling of uselessness and devaluation.

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I feel I am inadequate or unable to get it,

I think the doors will never open to me.

I feel no company will admit me.

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I know I cannot think like that, I need to react,

I will continue fighting bravely until I get it,

I will continue fighting until my yes is heard.

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The Interview

After too much seeking, finally, I got it,

I have a job interview to go to it.

I can already feel apprehension and anxiety.

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I think about how it will be that moment,

I try to imagine how will be my deportment.

Many things are happening in my sentiment.

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The first interview challenge is arriving at the place,

I need to prepare myself, so I do not