Buried Thoughts

by Fathima Muneer aged 14

I kept thinking day by day
My mind kept on wandering
On a million unanswered questions
A vast horizon I still had to conquer
But I was still at the start

I stood there reviewing my failures
wondering about the unknown
The rays of the sun shining upon me
Asking me why I hadn’t yet begun

I won once, failed thrice
I was hopeful first. lost my grip at the last
I was motivated once, then rejected by many
and yet I stood, hoping for a miracle
That would never come

At last I lost hope
I stood on a chair
Ready to tie the rope around my neck
Ready to give up
Finally give up my grip on hope

I looked around me one last time
And saw an anonymous letter
I sighed, and took it
It said, Mistakes makes masterpieces
Imperfections make creativity
Don’t let your failures bury you
Let them inspire you
That letter was an angel in disguise

And then I found out
The true meaning of success
I learned from my failures
I learned to be unique

 

2 Responses to “Buried Thoughts”

  • Roger Stevens

    Hi Fathima. Good poem. It would help if you sent poems in – in the regular lower and upper case, NOT capitals.
    Thanks. Be careful on your tenses. Your poem kept moving between the past and present tense.

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