"By Failing To Prepare, You're Preparing To Fail."-Benjamin Franklin

A poem I made in my old english class, explaining the meaning of this quote.

 "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail."

 

 This quote caught my attention in writing class. Many didn't get it, I however realized the message quite quickly. I think it was clever and very true. Heres my poem:

 

Life is full of up and downs,

you need to be prepared

or you'll miss something before you would try

to catch with a desire

only to be pushed back

as if someone slapped you in the face

 

Everywhere you go, there is a chance to fail

and a chance to soar

Be organized and neat

you'll get what you want

if messy and unprepared,

your walking the path of stress, failure and sadness

 

Picture two students,

one studying for an upcoming test

the other playing video games

when the day comes to get the test back,

the student who was prepared for the test aced it with flying colors

and the student who played video games had a lot of explaining to do to their parents

 

You need to be ready for what comes ahead

you can't always get a do-over.

 

Author's Note

Credits to Benjamin Franklin and my old english teacher :)