Shining Failures
- Griffoni altar by Francesco del Cossa, Sailko
I dreamt about my failures last night
lined them up
like tin cans on a fence
shining in the sunlight
gleaming
like a set of new pennies
there were so many of them
that my eye couldn’t
really take stock
of a beginning or ending to them
and as I watched them
still and gleaming
I thought about
my willingness to try again
the thought timid and slim
each time
so I packed away each failure
carefully placing a modicum
of success on top,
its shimmer
the last thing I see before I close the
lid.
copyright/all rights reserved Audrey Howitt 2012
Very powerful, Audrey. I can relate. ♥
ReplyDeleteThank you Bradley! Hugs!
DeleteVery nice write Audrey, I just love the tin cans on a fence imagery and the last few lines or so are just perfect. Thanks
ReplyDeleteThank you Fred! Nice to see your work up on Google+
DeleteI love this ! Awesome !
ReplyDeleteThank you Ayala!
DeleteBrilliant poem I love the idea of packing away your failures. I found your site through Redgages and just had to pop over to read more.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Ann--I love that failures don't rule us, but are a part of us--
DeleteLike this, Audrey. Shared.
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