Failure
Platitudes and empty reassurances
Are a poor substitute
For hopes unfulfilled.
An ill-chosen faulty foundation
And the entire edifice crumbles.
My own foolishness slaps my face
And the universe laughs.
About this poem
Descriptive of a part of life that some of us know.
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Submitted by cfox57 on October 30, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | XXX XX XX |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 204 |
| Words | 35 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 2 |
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