april songs (Theme 3):  attitudes of life 3

april song 23—all my failures

success shall never cease, where failures suck;
only the dead finds succour in the muck
of circumstance that squeezes bitter lime
to rind ambitious men at harvesttime.
the bruises that i wear upon my brow
are evidences of my life’s powwow,

when all my failures stare me in the eye,
enticing me to buckle in the dye.
the fear of failure and the leap of faith
are steppingstones across the face of death;
no reticence ascends blue-mountain heights,
that flounders near life’s fountain of delights.

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by Clyve A. Bowen♫