Failure.

To know

You tried,

But didn't try

Hard enough.

To know

Your struggles

To do well,

In the end

Will all be

In vain.

To know

Your worth

In others' eyes

Will never be

The same.

To know

That to succeed,

You must work

And work

And work

And work

Until you are

A machine.

To know,

Every morning,

As you drag yourself

Out of bed,

That all there is

Is failure.

C.