Fail

Didn’t work
Another mark slashed
And burned
Like marks on exams

You missed
Wrong
Try again
Next time

You fell hard
In the dust
Of others
And pummeled
By acid
As the try bursts
Apart

But you tried

Scars marking the time
You rolled up sleeves
Put up your dukes
And got beat down

Published by Jake Thomas Shaw

Concerned with memory, currency, and destiny, I strive to capture each one as they happen. Join me and consume reality! Radio Reality. City!

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