Making Mistakes

This actually more of a song than a poem, I guess. It's about making mistakes and how you shouldn't let them get you down! Just pick yourself up and keep moving forward. :)

I failed and this is what happened?

I allowed this to be?

Is all this pain and suffering

all because of me?

 

Did I hand the foe the matches

or did I ignite the flame?

What weakness wrought this tragedy

for which I’m the one to blame?

 

Weak spirits can’t bring hope

and doubts hinder the strong

Which is it for me?

God, what am I doing wrong!

 

And yet, there are some corpses

that cling to their spirits’ smiles.

Can this mean that there is truly hope

in every failure, storm, and trial?

 

I keep making mistakes,

but are they really all in vain?

I know there is a force at work

that can reap happiness from pain.

 

I will learn from my mistakes and grow

and then they all will see

that there is strength in failures,

even ones like me.

 

I look upon my rotten fruit

and turn my tear-soaked face again.

My flaws hide all my hopes

of a triumphant, happy end.

 

And yet if I give up,

I’ll always be just a bud.

I’ll fall off my stem onto the ground

and get trampled in the mud.

 

This flower is still growing strong.

I will not hide nor flee.

I may be broken and looked down upon,

but there’s still some strength in me!

 

I keep making mistakes

But are they really all in vain?

I know there is a force at work

That can reap happiness from pain.

 

I will learn from my mistakes and grow

and then they all will see.

That there is strength in failures

even ones like me.

 

All things happen for a reason

in this never-ending tale.

There is hope when I am weak

and every time I fail!

 

I keep making mistakes

but are they really all in vain?

I know there is a force at work

that can reap happiness from pain.

 

I will learn from my mistakes and grow

and then they all will see

that there is strength in failures

even ones like me.

 

There is strength in failures

Even ones like me.

 

 

 

Author's Note

I'm not an expert at song-writing or poetry, so I'm not sure what to ask for in particular. Any general criticism would be much appreciated. ^^