I TRIED TO WRITE A MIRACLEBUT 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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