I TRIED

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I TRIED TO WRITE A MIRACLE

BUT NO ONE LISTENED TO MY WORDS

I TRIED TO SWIM THE AUSTRALIAN CRAWL

BUT COULD ONLY FLIMSILY DOGGY PADDLE

I TRIED TO WORK TOWARDS SOMETHING

WITHOUT GETTING ANYTHING IN RETURN

I TRIED TO GO TO A VOLCANIC ISLAND

BUT WAS AFRAID OF GETTING BURNT

I TRIED TO LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

BUT ENDED UP IN MISERY

I TRIED TO WRITE A THOUSAND POEMS

BUT ENDED UP WITH TWO OR THREE

I TRIED AT FIRST TO FOLLOW MY HEART

BUT EVENTUALLY I WAS DECIEVED

HOW COULD SOMETHING SO RIGHT FOR ME

END UP NOT WHAT I IMAGINED IT TO BE?

FOR ALL WE KNOW ITS A MYSTERY

WHY ONE TRIES TO FULFILL YET FAIL AT THEIR DREAMS

AND WHEN THEIR ENDS JUSTIFY ITS MEANS

THE REMAINING ALL FALL APART AT THE SEEMS

MAYBE THEY ONLY SAW WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE

AND WASN'T READY FOR THEIR REALITY

MAYBE SOME MYSTERIOUS FORCE

PREVENTED THEM FROM THEIR ACHIEVEMENT OF COURSE

OR MAYBE THEY TRIED TOO HARD

MAYBE ENDED UP DRAWING THE WRONG CARDS

MAYBE A SACRIFICE WAS NECCESARY

IN AN ATTEMPT TO ACHIEVE TO EXTRAORDINARY

WELL WHATEVER THE REASON

DREAM, REALITY, OR SNAFU

WHETHER IMPOSSIBLE OR PROBABLE

IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE POINT OF VIEW

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