Do not invite death, who must earn his keep ---
Even if you fail again
Even if you see your
dream snatched away
Even if everyone knows
you didn't make it
Even if everyone sees you fall
Even if you see everyone laugh at your plight
Even if you are now on the stage of darkness
With no one around you but ghosts of your failures
To listen to your soliloquy of defeat
Even if the dogs around you smell your fear
And bark and bark as if you are a threat to them
There is still your breath coming and going
The blood still flowing from feet to head
The tree outside your window dancing in the wind
The hungry cows cawing for food
The pale blue sky with puffs of clouds
Watching the traffic of hectic parrots
The vendors on tricycles plying their varied fare
Your home will not wash its hands of you
For it knows there is a tomorrow for you
That will make you laugh at today
That you even thought of taking yourself away.
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