To The Dreamers

I laughed when I cried

Such melancholy inside

 

My dream project had failed

And it hurt I bewailed

 

Failure had me in tatters

I’d neglected other matters

 

All that I’d sought

Was now just for naught

 

What is life all about?

I now have much doubt

 

It’s not giving your all

As you’ve too far to fall

 

I’d heeded not the naysayers

Those timid non-players

 

Whose dire maledictions

And negative predictions

 

Were now proved just right

Oh I’m feeling affright

 

How now can I face them

When last I’d disgraced them

 

For not being on my team

When I’d promulgated my dream

 

I wanted to show them their gaffe

But now they’d have the last laugh

 

Now I open the door

To those I abhor

 

To my surprise they are smiling

And to me most beguiling

 

They want me to join in their revel

Now that I’m down to their level

 

Never, never, I won’t be their whore

Nay, I’ll find a new dream and wallow no more

 

And the next time they’ll see

What failure’s made of me

 

I’ll not give it a rest

Till I ace the test

 

I’m stronger than ever

And I’ll go on forever