Success...Failure

SUCCESS…
…FAILURE

Failure is not the lack of success
Instead, it is the effort of trying
But of not getting there.

Success is not the lack of failure
Instead, it is the efforts of overcoming
Hurdles placed along the way

Failure in not the face of defeat
It is, instead, a battle against
An opponent who we have yet to better.

Success is not the visage of victory
It is, instead, a conflict against
An opponent we have managed to overcome.

Failure is not the depths of despair
It is, instead, a lesson that has
Yet to teach us the meaning of success.

Success is not the zenith of achievement
It is, instead, an education in
The trappings of failure.

Failure is not always a foundering fiasco
Just as
Success is not always a triumphant tale

For, contrary to popular belief
Failure isn’t the opposite of success
They are , in fact, two sides of the same coin

For they go together, hand in hand
Mates from whom we should learn

That the greatest success
Can take root
In abysmal failure

Companions from whom we should learn

That the greatest fall
Can plummet
From the pinnacle of success.