I Wrote A Depressing Pantoum

“Inadequacy”

You never had it in you
Just to give up, rather
Than to try your hardest
It was too much a part of you
Just to give up, rather
You held onto that sickness
It was too much a part of you
Better not to take that risk
You held onto that sickness
Never knowing if you could
Better not to take that risk
Than to have that hope crushed
Never knowing if you could
It is better to fear you won't succeed
Than to have that hope crushed
Just to find out
It is better to fear you won't succeed
Than to try your hardest
Just to find out
You never had it in you

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It's quite evidently a continuation of the “Better not to have tried and to live always in hope, than to have tried and live the rest of your life in the shadow of your failure.” maxim from earlier.