Poem: Success

SUCCESS

There was a time when I tried something new
And ah! I failed so miserably, but I tried
Like me, there were only a few
But I never complained or cried

True, I did not achieve what I set forth to
But I have learnt what others have not
In this field I am still a novice, I am new
But I tried and tried, and gave it my best shot

The path wasn’t a bed of roses, there were great pains
And though I have lost this battle, I have not lost my heart
But from this lesson of life were immense gains
And I wish to continue, this was just a start

I dared to travel all the way up the road
And I kept my motivation high all the way
My eyes on my goal, I never thought about the load
The load of “he will never make it”, as all would say

I shut my ears to the cries of the mediocre men
For they always tried to pull me down
My decision about life was taken and that’s when
I was alone, opposing a whole negativistic town

A decade down the line I can now see
The same people now asking me how
And now every word I speak they agree
But their attitude is the same even now

They will never come up in life I know for sure
Even if I tell them the secret I follow
For their attitude I can never find a cure
To me, their lives seem so hollow

Achieving anything is all in the mind
It’s what price you are ready to pay for your goal
The power to oppose even the whole of mankind
Is what distinguishes diamond from coal




I wrote this poem in IITG, as usual when in a philosophical mood...