Life was just as it was!

I wrote this poem when i was in Class 11, feeling very proud about this work then, although now i feel this was inexperienced work because at that time, I simply wrote what I felt. Being a Star Correspondent for a year, this poem appeared in The Times of India student edition dated Nov 11th, 2008. There was this sad feeling welling deep down inside. All my life long I made promises never fulfilling them. I was never a go-getter. The feelings reached a climax and the rest leaked out from the pen as follows:

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'Twas tough for him to face defeat

to face it...face to face;

'Twas tough for him to accept

that he was ordinary.

Excuses flowed from his mouth and 

promises hurled from his heart

but nothing went right at all,

life was just as it was...

Expectations high and afloat

in the minds of his parents;

hope writ large on their faces,

waited with bated breath,

to witness the best and only

the spectacular best;

but nothing went right at all,

life was just as it was....

Lazy but determined he was,

bragging on about exhibiting

the best ever fightback put up

by a spirited individual;

but all he did was brag on,

never really reaching the peak,

again, nothing went right at all,

life was just as it was...

Tears flowing down his eyes,

as he recounted this pitiable tale;

he resolved to grope hard for revenge

but harder for success as he swore

to become more serious and stable

both in his mind and heart,

hoping that it would go right after all,

life would improve as it should...

Trying hard, gathering himself

to change the course of events;

he worked well, day and night feeling

refreshed, ready and raring to go.

Boy, was he determined that he also

resolved to make these lines history:

But nothing went right at all,

life was just as it was...