Failure (A Conversation)

Here is where the path divides

for me and you

Excuses are bricks

in the wall you build to hold you back

and there are many like me who will labor

to ensure that it can’t be done

my way is wide and inclusive

who wouldn’t want my truth?

Hmmm… I see you sit and think

of all the steps you need to take

to get to the brink of all you wanted

it seems far safer there behind that mental barrier

friend, it isn’t failure if we’re all in it together

going nowhere, yet I can see you are still tempted

wondering what could be seen

if you take that other path, the one upward slanted

the much vaunted one, but one so narrow and full of trouble

look at how it is tangled in toil and brambles

oh, you are thinking, sometimes the way forward must be taken alone

what’s this, now you are focusing on that one step

the one before you now, that if repeated, will get you to the top

remember, me and my crowd have ease and safety to offer you

but it’s the moment of truth, this is where the road divides

for me and you

what will you choose?

what is best for me

or what is best for you?