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failure

As I fall in this loop of not feeling enough,

These things I have to deal with after failed attempts.

I feel incompetent when I can’t achieve or reach my goals,

Maybe there is something I missed in the archive,

I am never fully pleased with the things I achieve,

Unappreciative is a way to perceive things.

I try to be attentive to the collateral beauty,

But it’s literally hard to see beyond a broken heart,

Vision gets blurry when I spend most of my time crying,

I have to keep trying even when things are tiring.

My failures are like an avalanche waiting to fall,

They wait in my shower to watch me cower,

Naked and vulnerable, my insecurities want me lower.

Dared to stay in this limited time, I wish I could stay timid,

My dreams are like alarms in a deep sleep, 

Some point they scare me if I let them slip.

learned to never let go of people who care most,

Those that dared to find me when I was lost,

I am forever grateful, midlife crisis came at a cost.

My story is a lost course even if I try not to avoid the first line.

It’s hard to vent when your heart behaves like a pirate, a tyrant perhaps?

I guess I will never know the extent of my pride,

Emotions dictate my decisions, execution without precision is a waste.

Everything is in a haste, I just try my best not to fall like this.

◄ addiction

Regret (II) ►

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Lord Kelvin Masilela

Fri 12th Nov 2021 21:12

Keith I agree with you about the energy the poem carries, i wrote this when I was at one of my lowest days in life that I saw nothing but a true meaning of a failure. However with time I will learn to see otherwise

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keith jeffries

Thu 11th Nov 2021 17:17

This poem dwells on the negativity which can so easily affect our lives. It results in depression and a lack of self worth. A clear remedy is to stand upright and say that from this moment forward I am in charge of my destiny and with all the good will I have I shall succeed in all that I do.

A poem written from the heart. Raw in its honesty but startling in its awful reality which so frequently assails the human condition.

Thank you for this

Keith

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