March 1st, 2004 4:39 p.m. pst

poetry by Michael F. Nyiri

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"?Success Fails and Failure Succeeds?" Failure is a funny word, foolhardy, lost, and lonely A witness to a thought unheard, success's ironic opposite sometimes the purpose develops a haze, Quite misty and moist, mostly forgotten And even while butterflies float on the breeze Shoddy soiled thoughts are permanently rotten Deep Feelings are sensitive liars, gone, and away Can't listen to rapturous choirs, a wellspring of regret Sometimes the reasons are fleeting, evasive Just out of reach, really recoiling And unintended intentions get really invasive Cause you to twitch, anger bubbling, spitting, boiling Don't get upset Don't fill with regret Don't listen to the others when they lie There is no failure save the failure in your eye And lest you feel now failure when you die. We can't have success without the failure But stress and duress, counter positive encouragement sometimes nothing matters, but then again it does Arrangements might make sense in time But you want to scream again And what use does it do To you ? Exercise restraint when remembering Uncover vast irrepairable damages in yourself and others Listen to silence, as she speaks such soft, sure words And don't let the barbs turn into bothers What use is useless erratic emotion As it batters your brain into submission Let the demons gather in the dust at your feet AS success rails pure evil into remission Yes, failure is a funny word, past fulfilling exhuberance A witness to life's bravest nightmares heard, but never listened Sometimes the hinges of life's door are removed And all matter of failures enter and entertain Successes have to stave off the folly, failure And the sun always comes out after the rain Failure succeeds Success fails Failure fails Success succeeds

2004

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