Once More

Repeatedly, I’ve done the same,
With like effect, and who to blame.

Why do I try, why too repeat,
When it will lead to my defeat?

Maybe it is a sense of hope,
That drives me through another trope.

Maybe that I have forgotten,
All the ways that I’ve been trodden.

Maybe I don’t mind the hurt,
The effort that I must exert.

Maybe I’m just meant to fight,
To ever carry on despite.

Maybe my pride was but a ruse,
To break, so it’s not there to lose.

Maybe it is all these things.
Maybe it’s what these will bring.

When I hope, when I forget.
It’s as if something new has let.

When I hurt, when I’m fighting.
I can feel a truth igniting.

With struggle I am getting stronger.
I can withstand it all for longer.

What I now know, how I grew.
Maybe this time I’ll make it through.

And if not, I’ll go once more.
Is going not what I’m here for?

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