what if?

failure

it’s here

lurking in the shadows

I feel it drawing near.

what if…

I cannot do it?

what if…

I have no chance?

whispers

gnaw and

breathing

quickens

and…

I want to give up

before I begin.

if I don’t even try

will failure ever win?

but

to live and never

try

can that truly be called

living?

so.

what if

I cannot do it?

what if 

I have no chance?

the point is not

the finish,

at least

not all the time.

sometimes

it’s in the trying

that growth

is realized.

so.

what if…

I can do it?

what if…

I have a chance?

what if 

I take my place

in this beautiful,

wild dance?

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