Failures are the steps

As a baby I fell in the bed;
That taught me to wake up.
As a boy I fell on the floor;
That taught me to walk up.
Slips in dance taught me balance.
Falls in race gave me stamina.
Falls all made me a fall proof.
21.04.2000, Palakkad

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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