Failure Teaches Success

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Having seen failed 1oth grade nephew due to negligence but changing to determination as a result, I have written this poem. It is my appreciation to those who succeed having learnt the lesson from failure. It is part of their education.

His result slip showed  he had failed
Friends celebrated their success
But his parents and some he shamed
Had pinned  on him their hopes and focus

His Dad said "For negligence, it's the price
 Your direliction is  hard to repair
So change your style to do better in life"
And he sat like a mountain in despair

Son forgot laxity and his ugly past
And set himself to make it remember
Reformed for next exam and fixed fast
"Failure teaches success," he would utter

No more sorrow and shame he'd bear
No faltering, no fall  but bright future
Bad experience lessoned him to dare
And avoid loss of face  through failure

He abandonned excess video games
And concentrated in his text books
Made alterations to feed his study aims
And set Success like bait on his hooks

His consistent work bought him success
The year ended with earned love and praise
His negligence was just like an abcess 
 That of failure was just his life's phase

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Lunita Blanca

Date: 1/14/2018 8:34:00 PM

I too began to turn my life around while others thought I was not going to amount to anything. It seems like you were writing about me. A man is as young as his hope and as old as his despair. Thank you my friend for following me.

Beejadhur Sewumber
Date: 1/14/2018 9:09:00 PM

Thanks, my friend. I, too, I am of the same taken-to-be hopeless but improved thereafter to become quite successful in life. I feel most of us have been motivated by our own failure somewhere. Thanks again. I like your writes.