A Thousand Falls

What do you do when

You’ve tried everything and nothing seems to work?

And you keep failing, time after time….again

Do you give up in despair, curse or go completely beserk?

Or do you welt and fall over,

Like a fading flower?

What do you do….?

Do you try again with your face set in a rictus grin?

Do you double down, heels in and stick up your chin?

It’s not how many times you fall that you should consider

But the fact you kept going with shoulders pressed against the rudder It’s the man who rises to his feet after each and every fall

Who will accomplish his prize and be the envy of all

So keep going when you feel like quitting

The winning is in NOT quitting, times a thousandth times ten

Written by Carla L Ibanzo © 2023