Sumpin' Witty

In life, you will fail. More often than not, you will fail. I’m not being pessimistic or negative. I am telling you the truth. You know, that little thing that we try to forget, that little thing that we ignore when it doesn’t serve our purpose. In this life, you will fail more often than not. You will try a lot of things, and you will try hard, you will give it your all, and you will fail. And in the failing, you will learn, you will grow, you will struggle, cry, hurt, and fall apart, but you will become. It is through our failings that we learn the absolute beauty of success, that we see what a rare, unique thing it is to get something right.  Our hearts will break a dozen or a hundred times before we find a partner that we can count on, connect with.  We will work jobs upon jobs that we will quit or be fired from before we find a place where we want to stay, work at something we love.  We will live in apartments, houses, condos, countless places af...

A little bit of poetry on this fine Sunday afternoon. It all feels so fake. Like I'm waking up for the first time to realize that all this is nothing more than plastic pawns on a cheap, cardboard chessboard. If it was carved from marble or mahogany, it wouldn't seem to bad. But this, it's all I can do to wait for that day when I hear "Pass Go, Collect $200", and then, just like that, Without waiting to say Sorry, Like a Hungry Hippo, I'm off! Down secret Chutes and up Hidden ladders. If I hurry, I'll be gone before you have the chance to sink my battleship. Careful! Don't break the ice or someone will notice I'm sneaking out, through the Ballroom, with the revolver, and Mrs. Peacock is on my ass! If I can just make it through this Candy Land of distractions and demons. One wrong move, and KeRplUnK! It could all be over before I know it. But like Magic Gathering, there are tricks up my sleeve. And I'm willing to take the Risk...