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Beautiful Failure

By Devin Alese

I was the spider

Patching holes

In the web someone

Knocked down yesterday.

I was the butterfly

Stitching my own wings

From the left-over cocoons

Of every discarded attempt

At being beautiful

Enough.

I was the dandelion

Picked with excitement

Only to be discarded

After being informed

I was a weed.

I was the red wood

Bark charred

After the fire tried

To burn away my years

Of growth.

I am the beautiful

Creation

Of every failed attempt.