How did I become a failure?
All the choices I made
All the work I did
All the courses I studied
Were never enough
I was never enough
Spent my life struggling
Never coping
Never succeeding
Never achieving
What a fucking
Waste of my life
How did I become a failure?
All the choices I made
All the work I did
All the courses I studied
Were never enough
I was never enough
Spent my life struggling
Never coping
Never succeeding
Never achieving
What a fucking
Waste of my life
Success breeds success
Positivity multiplies
Victory compounds
Smell the roses
So they can
Spread their
Fragrance
Six decades and six years ago
My mother was born
I celebrate her life
Remember her love
And blow kisses
Into air
Worms
Crawl over
Me
I
Squirm
Lights turn off Turn on Turn off
I see
Your face
Ghost eyes Ghost kisses Ghost memories
Hungry worms
Wrap around
My arms My body My legs
I’m trapped
As they devour
My flesh
And turn into
Snakes
(I)
I have no idea
How to erase the gloom
The dull ache that sits on my heart
Like a thick heavy fog
Unable to move
(II)
Beams of light force their way
Through the blanket of clouds
To reach the earth and shine
Light on life, clearing the fog
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A calendar adorned
My bedroom wall
And across the surface
I scribbled with the writing of a
Child
School days and dances
Sports and friends
Driving lessons and kisses
Life and love
The cartoon characters
Kept me company
The pictures made me
Smile
Bound pages held
Strong and sure
But still
I removed the calendar
Scribbled with writing
The days of my life
My moments
And threw the pages
Away
Grains of sand
Trickle through the timer
Standing guard
Against a ticking clock
I cross another day
Off my life’s calendar
The roots of our love
Took hold
And slowly it anchored
Our life
Threw good and bad
And up and down
And everything in between
Over time
Our love grew into a tree
Bearing fruits of grace