Those Who Failed Poem by Danny Speicher

To all of those who failed to envision
Life I painted in my wildest dreams
Failed to look past the surface as it seems
And see me as more than chained in prison

To all of those who failed to stick with me
Loves lost in the midst of wildest passions
For richer pockets and finer fashions
And left me to die, and thus set me free

To all of those who failed to see beyond
The pauper's clothes and the lack of schooling
And, instead, see a man whose heart's grueling
A man whose greatest days have yet to dawn

To those who failed to see beyond all this
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To all of those who failed to take the time
To invest in me as I did in you
Labeled facts 'lies', when, in fact, they were true
Thus throwing away a future, sublime

To all of those who failed to take advice
Of that which I knew to be true and right
And, instead pushed ahead into the night
And, now others pay the ultimate price

To all of those who failed all the above
I forgive you, I want you to succeed
I love you, I hope God meets every need
And more than that, I hope you find true love

But, though you failed to see beyond all this
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