Never good enough
Never bad enough
Never amount to anything
Never achieved anything
Always fell in line
With what was expected
Always toed the line
With what was expected
Between disaster and success
Between achievement and failure
Failure winning through
Failure ruling through
Success was for other people
Success suits other people
But one thing remains - hope!
Yes, hope remains!
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Comments (7)
Great words buddy, my favorite quote is”giving up is the final tragedy” nice work pal 😊
Very relatable
Really enjoyed this one so relatable. Every one of us have told ourselves success was for other people.
I felt that. Well done.
I felt each line. Very relatable. I love that you ended with hope :)
So immediately upon leaving my comment on your previous piece where I stated in essence that hope has become hard, I get to read this. Talk about timing, serendipity, or whatever else you might want to call it. To be unseen, yet somehow still corralled as nothing & unimportant, & continue to hope. Plaintive & encouraging.
Very nice!