I think Mason Williams wrote, "Dylan Thomas has come and gone, Come and gone, come and gone. Dylan Thomas has come and gone; His blood turned to words."
Rod McKuen wrote, "I try to be a good beatnik, But it's hard."
The Gospel writer John wrote, "In the beginning was the Word, And the Word was with God And the Word was God."
Maybe we are a Word Returning to the Word And Whatever we try to be good at In the meantime is going to be hard.