This Poem was Submitted By: Rhett Charles Lee On Date: 2001-02-03 04:22:17 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Failure

I work hard at everything that I do. I strive for excellence. I tweak  my performance every chance that I get. All I long for is  to succeed. To  succeed at something. Anything. Why then is it that every time I try I fail? I never improve at anything. I never pass the  inevitable point of  mediocre that always  follows my every move. When you hear my name you think, “He is average at this,” and “he is average at that.” I want to prove  you wrong in so many  ways, yet I fall short. My life is put into my work. It is put into everything I call mine. Is it failure then? I mean if I give these things my all, do I fail? Or, possibly, do I succeed simply for  the fact that I gave it everything I have? No, indeed, I do fail. I fail because trying is failing.

Copyright © February 2001 Rhett Charles Lee

Additional Notes:
please do not think that this os how I view myself. I do not think I fail at everything.


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