Go North
Everything is going south today.
I got my exam results back,
B's and C's on every single on of them,
While my classmates aced everything.
I looked at them,
with envy and jealousy.
Why can't I be like them?
Why can't I be better?
Why am i failure?
Why is everything going south?
Why is everything going wrong?
I asked myself,
Over and over again,
Hoping for an answer,
But to no avail.
On the way back home,
I encountered a thief.
He stoled my bag, wallet and everything I had.
All my id's were all in there,
All my important things were stolen.
I chased after the thief,
Fuming with rage and anger,
Complaining to myself,
Why does everything always go south for me?
Do I not deserve a peaceful life?
I ran and ran,
Hoping go get everything back,
But again,
To no avail.
At one point,
I stopped,
I had given up.
I saw a homeless man on the streets,
Begging for food and spare change.
I approached him and asked,
Aren't you upset that you are living like this?
A life that's hard and torturing,
A life where everything goes south.
He replied with a beaming smile on his face,
So what If everything goes south,
You can direct your path back straight,
You can go north too,
You have endless pathways of life,
All you need to do is get back up and try again,
Even if everything goes south,
Because there is no 'right direction' to a meaningful life.
South, east, north, west,
You can walk through your life in any direction.
I smiled at the homeless man,
Thanked him for his word of wisdom.
I started my journey back home,
This time, I choose I different path home.
If everything went south today,
Why not try going north?
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