Lost potential

It was always you

hidden in the corners

patiently waiting

Business always came first,

so you were relegated to dusty desk drawers

Visiting at dawn and dusk,

when the mind has time to wonder

How much sweeter life would be

if you were the nectar

instead of the broken promise

Every day is made better

when allowed to roam free

-Camille Delaquise

This poem appears in RISE, Camille’s second contemporary poetry collection. Lost potential reflects on the quiet sorrow of neglected inner life — suggesting that what is deferred in the name of duty or ambition may in fact be the very source of sweetness, meaning and creative freedom.


This poem is available as a contemporary poetry print on textured recycled card.

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