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.