The Trying

Kenny O'Donnell

The moment you think you're good

You've gone bad

And it's a hard journey back into the dark

The dank wet alley of doubt

Where you sit on cardboard

And smell the scraps of cheap restaurants

And hobo piss and hobo intercourse.

Never leave here.

Never think you're too good to be here.

Because if you aren't kneeling

In the puddles, with holes in your trousers

You aren't trying to get out

And it's only in the trying

That you're worthy of leaving.

  • Author: Kenny O'Donnell (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: November 15th, 2024 10:46
  • Category: Unclassified
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  • Tony36

    Excellent write

    • Kenny O\'Donnell

      Thanks Tony, appreciate the read and comment.

      • Tony36

        You're welcome

      • Doggerel Dave

        If the underlying message is keep trying, pushing, then you've got it right, I think.

        • Kenny O\'Donnell

          That is the message, that and don't get cocky, so I hope that came across. That's for the comment and read Dave.



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