Failure

Ah,
failure!

The supreme art of dancing
with smiles and laughter
and then driving them both home
at the rise of dawn
with hopes
of maybe getting lucky;
but you are quickly shown the door.

Failure
is nothing;
nothing but a calm,
silent existence
that will always exist
in the back of each person's brain.

Whether dancing, touching,
laughing, crying,
you always know, dear friend,
that failure
will be the final result
of a life-long battle of time.

Like the ticking of a clock,
or the sound of coffee in the morning,
or the breath of your loved one,
or the beating of your heart,
failure is something you hear
but never really notice
until it all becomes too clear
to ignore:

Until the clock stops ticking,
and the coffee stops dripping,
and your lover stops breathing,
and your heart stops beating.
Then, when all
is too late,
you are left to wonder
why you always acknowledged
but never gave in
to failure.


~J.V.Harker~
~25 February 2009~