My CV of Failures

Did not land a good campus job, couldn't clear the civil services twice,

These don't find a place on my resume, talking about triumphs should suffice.

My dream was to be an ambassador, work for peace, prevent world war, 

I can brush that aside as a fictional goal, so it doesn't count as a failure anymore!

 

There were more garden variety failures, applying to Google and not getting through, 

Or applying to be a TED fellow and realizing, I haven't even been invited to give a TEDx talk, phew. 

I've also tried my hands at entrepreneurship, trying to make a career in psychology again and again, 

And in the initial days failed to fulfill my calling- spreading happiness and alleviating pain. 

I had also failed to find publishers, for my poetry collection in college days, 

With limited books sold, post self publishing, am I failed poet, who decides, who says?  

I've never been consistent on my psychology blog, I post infrequently, its mostly archive,

But with The Fools Quest I am finding rhythm and rhyme, and on a daily basis in poetry dive. 

 

My foremost failure was with a dear friend, who decided for some time not to speak,

Like all my failures, I'll keep surmounting, you need to walk through the troughs, to reach the peak.  

PS: this post is inspired by the CV of Failure concept introduced by Melanie Stefan. I had written a prose version way back in 2016 and have managed to add a few more failures to this poetic one:-)