{"id":1349,"date":"2008-08-20T12:09:01","date_gmt":"2008-08-20T12:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=1349"},"modified":"2008-08-20T12:09:01","modified_gmt":"2008-08-20T12:09:01","slug":"tola-ositelu-is-feeling-confident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/tola-ositelu-is-feeling-confident\/","title":{"rendered":"Tola Ositelu is feeling confident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Confidence<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It runs ahead of me, makes an announcement<br \/>And gives a full description<br \/>Of who I will be<br \/>In the years to come<br \/>And I\u2019m still trying to catch <br \/>My breath<\/p>\n<p>I wish I could keep up <br \/>With my confidence<br \/>Fall into step and run alongside<br \/>Instead it delights in <br \/>Sprinting ahead and jeering<br \/>When confronted<br \/>\u2018I\u2019ve been here before you were even born\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>But should I be ungrateful<br \/>To such an optimistic friend?<\/p>\n<p>After all, it vouches for me<br \/>But in a way that leaves me afraid<br \/>That I won\u2019t grow into the hype<br \/>Come the day<\/p>\n<p>It disgruntles folk<br \/>And they misunderstand<br \/>\u2018Who does she think she is?\u2019<br \/>I don\u2019t think anything<br \/>It\u2019s just who I am.<\/p>\n<p>Confidence, mmmm<br \/>Maybe I should <a href=\"http:\/\/ugateamunited.com\/online\/zovirax\/\">http:\/\/ugateamunited.com\/online\/zovirax\/<\/a> just leave you be<br \/>Fight my corner<br \/>Make the introduction<br \/>Remind the whole world and me<br \/>Of how secure I am<br \/>Potentially.<\/p>\n<p>* Tola<br \/>\nOsitelu was born in South-East London, 1981 to Nigerian and Ghanaian<br \/>\nparents. She studied law at university and is currently a trainee<br \/>\nsolicitor within a local government organisation in North London.&nbsp; Away<br \/>\nfrom the day job she can be found organising, hosting and singing at<br \/>\nlive music events, seeing as much of the world as her annual leave will<br \/>\nallow her, trying to make her mark in the world of music and literary<br \/>\nfreelance journalism, watching plays and attending various musical and<br \/>\nliterary events across London. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tolitasmusings.blogspot.com\">www.tolitasmusings.blogspot.com<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Confidence It runs ahead of me, makes an announcementAnd gives a full descriptionOf who I will beIn the years to comeAnd I\u2019m still trying to catch My breath I wish I could keep up With my confidenceFall into step and run alongsideInstead it delights in Sprinting ahead and jeeringWhen confronted\u2018I\u2019ve been here before you were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prose-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}