When your hard work yields no results and you feel defeated
When you put in your best effort and are left depleted
Of energy and enthusiasm, it is hard to see
A silver lining to the clouds of despondency
When you overcome multiple obstacles but do not get
Anywhere near your goal, you are obviously upset
You question your relevance in the grand design
Of the universe, it appears you cannot align
Your efforts with your goals, then you go down
A spiral of negativity, in a sea of despair you are ready to drown
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You drag yourself forward, what else can you do
Devoid of expectations, you make it through
The next few days until one day
Things seem to fall neatly in place your way
Your effort is appreciated, your hard work yields fruit
Your spirits come up, you are ready to shoot
Higher once again-this is the ebb and flow
Of failure and success, of high and low
Passion...unbridled 