I was destined to be a failure

sunday july 9 2023

7:10pm

i was destined to be a failure

i wasn't born courageous

or intelligent

or brave

nor persevering

the recipe of my accumulated actions

all lead to failure

i should have failed

i should be failing

but somewhere along the way it all changed

my insecurities became my comfort

my weaknesses became my strength

my shortcomings became the length

to which i would go

in order to reach the end

of what it means to be born to fail

and yet to do the exact opposite

like a bird born with no wings

and yet still chooses to fly

like a fetus born to die

and yet still chooses to live

when i was born, i was destined to failure

so i took it upon myself

albeit it was never a choice

to show the world an example

let me be the sacrifice i told myself

for what it looks like

to try and suffer and try once again.