a failure means...

a failure may mean many things,

anything,...

 

a failure means 

the world has shut its door,

first time , another time or the last time ..

a failure means 

your sweaty time 

has wailed over the 

pendulums for nothing

in the neighbor's eyes ..

a failure may mean(thus)

your neighbor 

need not be a friend, 

not necessarily..

a failure means 

your confident sureness of yourself 

will henceforth be a drunken boast ..

a failure means 

you have to prove again 

to justify your not being a burden..

a failure means 

instructions from all corners 

to refine yourself 

to the standards of contemporary success;

to decipher the TEACHINGS that failure

"imparts"

a failure 

PLAINLY MEANS 

you have not succeeded 

plus or minus reasons or excuses

a failure means 

once again you are lonely...

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. poignant beyond measure and unforgettable ... moved to tears ... superbly expressed ...

failure means
having my sanity questioned
even after the anthology
a still silent brother
who won't speak to me
after assaulting me
in april 2008
failure means a mother
who talks down to me
when she talks to me
failure means being broke
forever
failure means endless
humiliation,
oppression and isolation
failure means an
absconding soul mate
who will never return

failure is very lonely
lonelier than the hitherto
unwritten
27th letter of the english language
yes, the one
that'll never be written

but with the 26
a few angelic humans
gave me life
i am grateful
i am happy
i no longer feel like a burden to me

i'm more than happy actually
i'm ecstatic and elated

i'm a successful human who failed a long time ago

. thank you for writing this poem ... dear V. ... it tells me that other humans like you and me feel lonely ... i'm grateful we feel lonely together ... at least we're not lonely in our loneliness ... i thank the universe for your presence in my universe ...