"Enjoy the Fall"

Inspired by the experiences of many - myself included: "Whether you think that you can or you can't - you're right."

Take a step back,
An outsider's view
This lens of false logic
Is deceiving you

You claim you're in Hell, imprisoned,
Why don't you examine your caging?
Think all of it through and you'll see
That this abyss is of your own making
It's all in your head

Drawn like a moth to the light
Not even going to put up a fight
Do you plan to flourish in negativity?
Letting only the words of fools in,
Willingly weaker than you've ever been
You've become addicted to this misery

"Enjoy the fall"

Consider yourself
And where you now stand
You've fallen prey to
Your fear once again

I'll keep up hope, so don't you give up
When you've been blinded by the lies
Nothing's as dark as it seems,
And you'd see that if only you'd open your eyes
Nothing holding you back

Drawn like a moth to the light
Not even going to put up a fight
Do you plan to flourish in negativity?
Letting only the words of fools in,
Willingly weaker than you've ever been
You've become addicted to this misery

"Enjoy the fall"
The lines aren't always there to see,
"There's no hope left"
If you can't descry them, don't dive into sorrow
"Just give up now"
There's so much hope for prosperity
"You'll never win"
If you would just stick it out until tomorrow

"Enjoy the fall"

If they say that you'll fail
Will you prove them true?
It's all up to you now;
Don't let lies take root

It all boils down: For better or worse
In the end life is all what you make of it
So give it your all, you have the potential
Ignore misinformed, pessimistic impediments
You're better than this

It's not the end, don't give up the fight
Don't wave the white flag when you're in the right
Success is a given if you only push through
But if you give up now, then be prepared to
"Enjoy the fall"

Author's Note

One of the first I've written that I'm not entirely unhappy with the form of, even if the syllable scheme is a bit awkward at some parts. When I began thinking of it lyrically, however, and read it more as a song by staggering a few syllables here and there, it sounded a lot better than just reading it as it's written.

Reviews

[JC]

Thank you both for the reviews.
I have been planning on posting more, but between college and a whole other mess of things I've had going on lately, it's rare that I have time to sit down and write, and rarer still that I'm comfortable enough with what I've written to consider uploading it.
In any case, I hope to have the next up by the end of the week, provided classes and studying don't keep me too busy.

We folks tend to dig our own graves, but blame anyone, anything else for the mess.
But of course you already know that, having addressed it in the second stanza.

When I first read this, I thought of it as a song.
Awkward parts or not, I prefer a write that isn't entirely all prim and neat and tidy.

you've got good insight, drawn from experiences.
I think you ought to write more. or post another something.
Because I'm interested.

Good night to you.

[Amit Parmessur]

Very didactic and of course there are so many messages. In the end it's human nature to fail in our quest to fulfil what words want us to do.