Consolation Prizes

Consolation Prizes   by Sami Khalil

Weaknesses can be strengths…

Weaknesses have their nuisances. Although they be frustrating, it is rightly reserved to blow off steam regardless.

Not everyone is born a winner, with great capacities, with Midas touches. I’m one of those souls.

I have to try harder, go further, dig deeper to find those balanced dilemmas. As you all know, life can throw significant hardships on us; inane ones other times.

As I see it, we are all slight variations of the ones who came before us, with boundless dreams and lost hopes. For dreams can course through lush meadows, while hopes can dwindle in sandy deserts.

To be honest, I hide my weaknesses (like most people do) because they can be haunting, accidental on life’s tracks to somewhere or nowhere.

I say, give me the reasons to live, love, achieve and I will give you the wills to hold on, to grasp and win all homeless thoughts.

Never have we felt our losses until the hours of parting, of death, of those silent ahoys, triggering no echoes, no responses, no remorse.

It is a strange world indeed we all live in; some are wayward travelers, some are memories-ridden passer byes, while many others are merely sacksful of unfulfilled children’s dreams, appeased by consolation prizes.

We are all endowed with a bifurcated question:

To win or not to lose; to be forlorn or to be ecstatic.

Has it dawned on you: to live is to learn.  

 

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

Hello Sami. I enjoyed your words and your thoughts.
"We are all endowed with a bifurcated question:
To win or not to lose; to be forlorn or to be ecstatic.
Has it dawned on you: to live is to learn. "
The above lines. We must learn or know madness. We must decide what we need and want. Our decision. Thank you my friend for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Sami Khalil]

OMG! True, true and true. A wise soul indeed. Thank you so much Coyote for the time and effort. Enjoy the beauty of the Upper Peninsula.

[Coyote Poetry]

I will try Sami and you are welcome.

[Sami Khalil]

Yes siiiirrrr. Peace, love and harmony.

[Chris Shaw]

To live is to learn. Very powerful message there Sami, and there is much to learn on our journey through life. To recognise our own weaknesses and overcome them is certainly admirable in my book. Have a good weekend Sami.

Chris

[Sami Khalil]

Wowzy! So true and well said dear poet and friend. I'm honored and grateful you have visited.
read moreWowzy! So true and well said dear poet and friend. I'm honored and grateful you have visited.
Condolences on the beloved queen and congratulations on the new PM. Bittersweet indeed.

[Katrina Mckeown]

So very true every word Sami
Words for thought!
Thank you for sharing. :) :)

Katrina

[Sami Khalil]

And thank you dear poet and friend for the valuable visit and sharing . May you talent and blessings keep flowing.

[Katrina Mckeown]

You are most welcome Sami, I enjoy reading your words. :)
Have a great weekend my friend.

[Sami Khalil]

Same here. You too.