The Counterpane by Sarnia de la Maré FRSA
Why do I keep on trying
When every day I'm failing?
As each week passes
I miss every target.
Every year is just the same
I never win the game.
Why do I keep losing
In a world that's so confusing?
Never past the post,
My dreams are simply ghosts.
And yet I keep on trying
The facts I'm still denying.
What gives me such resolve?
This puzzle I cannot solve.
Maybe I've a super power,
As each season I re-flower.
Maybe I will grow
From all these seeds I sow.
Perhaps I am not failing,
Maybe I am gaining,
Maybe I am blind,
And the treasure lays behind.
A life that's filled with gold
Hidden in the folds
Of the counterpanes
Of old.
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