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living in a way to
avoiding the word failure
in your epitaph,
for a foreseeable reward in heaven,
is like walking on eggshells
without ever breaking out of your own shell.
The fear of failure is worse than actual failure. Failure teaches you to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and have another shot.

The context seems rather relevant now with what has happened this year.
Here's to hoping you never give up and find the strength to start again.
Graff1980 Nov 2020
The hate that divides us,
deprives us
of the light inside of us.

But embracing
a world of diversity,
entering the university
of uniting all people
no matter the ethnicity,
or gender identity
offers us the potential
to face adversity
with new perspectives;

Instead of crumbling
under the ravages
of unknown challenges
uniting and fighting
what threatens us all
will truly makes us strong.
Graff1980 Nov 2020
Perhaps, I am getting wiser
in my slightly graying days;

Learning that it is not the pain
itself that causes the most grief.
It is the anticipations, and attempts
to avoid future events
that may bring it.

Sorrow is of the past,
future suffering
may never actually come into being,

and reflecting on all of that
detracts from the pleasure that
I could be taking in the present moment.
Sarah Flynn Nov 2020
does he love my body
because he loves me

or does he love me
because he loves my body?



is this ***

or is this love?



is there even a difference?
Mystic Ink Plus Nov 2020
History repeats.
Someday you will come to know.
Life is not always about keep moving, it is more about where to pause, where to jump and where to stop. It is more about feel the ground everytime you step the foot. It is not always about looking forward, It is more about looking back and adore what you learned from the bygone time. It is more about understanding of pivotal swift to stay in the track. It is more about silence than the nonsense talk with phantom hope for a temporary calm. It is not just about 5 days of colorful lights, it is more about the constant light that remains. It is more about choices, not how many times you breathe, it's always about how consciously you breathe.
Sometimes It may be more about being anonymous. Cast away everything that defines you, strip the identity and get lost in time, as the end purpose of hide and seek is to fine. Find your being.
Else history repeats.
Someday you will come to know something more.
Unsaid, unheard and unseen from revolution within.
If one mixed
Gold with bronze
Neither it is gold
Not pure bronze
That simple
Yet it opens to
The many answers
Nothing to say.............
Genre: Observational
Theme: Truth of life
Author's Note: Nothing to say....
Life could either be
defined by your parents' mistakes
or solely yours,
only here to live and learn
with the hindsight
that you may well be
one of those mistakes too.
Living and learning are intertwined, go hand in hand. In between are the moments of laughter, grandeur, thankfulness and thrill.

In the midst of all chaos, laughing at yourself is a way to live by.
pip Nov 2020
My body has never deserved me
I am the boyfriend who won’t wash his dishes
Never takes out the trash
And makes fun of you to his friends.
I have never been good enough
To deserve my body
And i am learning.
We are going to couples therapy
And i want to change.
Nitika Nov 2020
In hopes I spend my life
Abiding by the being-good vibe

They say give & don't expect
How can i do that when there's no respect

It pains to not be cared about
hey, nothing to cry for, no doubt

right?

They say don't love, be loved
because this is a tear that can't be cured

just shout, don't moan
but then again
I am afraid to be alone

Where are my thoughts
Have they bid me goodbye
why can't I deny
this society's reply
Will I ever learn?!
Rosie Toes Nov 2020
to learn to
enjoy the unknown
rather than to
fear it
next, reality
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