Written piece
Never Surrender
Thierry Ingabire
Rwanda
About this piece
This poem is a powerful call to resilience. It acknowledges the exhaustion of feeling "blocked" but urges you to treat failure as a lesson. By staying passionate and thinking outside the box, you’ll eventually hit it big. Keep working; the ball is in your hands.
Never surrender
You have a dream
However, it is not easy to achieve
You wonder what to do, you see the world
Does not give some little chance to grasp your dreams
You are blocked from whatever you want to do
You work and work over and over again
There is always an impediment on your way
Keep working hard, take your time and meditate
See the world from the positive angle
Try and try again, never succumb
Don’t lose your direction, it is hard to achieve
But it is possible, think outside the box
Start from scratch when you fail
Don’t be afraid to fail
Failure would be the lesson to move forward
You see that it is over, no hope
You see that you will never grasp your dreams
You always sway in your compound
No tangible progress, always limits
You run out of what you yearn
You get what you don’t prefer
You want to be in your spectacular direction
You are guided in the opposite sense
Inside, you feel the gap of not holding your potential
You want to maximize them in whatever ways
There is no room to pitch in
Don’t lose hope, keep shinning
One day great things will come out of the blue
You will find yourself getting a bunch of opportunities
Choosing what might be best for you
You seem to be wandering in the dark
No right source where those opportunities might come
Don’t worry; It is time to embrace the truth
Sit tight and discover more
Explore more around the corners
One day you will hit it big
Struggles mostly make you worn out
You feel groggy, nowhere to move
Too much chores in your minds
You have tremendous inner potential
You want to let them shine across the globe
Yet no room to exhibit your exuberant potential
Trust the process, the universe is a mystery
There will be a light at the end of the tunnel
After hardships, you will witness your own blooming
Give this hope a chance to breathe
Let it be your steady compass
Keep optimist in your blueprints
Train your conscious to see the world
With tremendous options
Work hard to grasp them
Failure, doubt and rejection will always
Come on the first place to make you
Weak, and put you at a crossroad
Take that hard time, the beginning
It is a new chapter of working hard
This is the time to rewrite your story
You will resume your steady climb
Facing rejection is part of the life
Don’t be haggard or completely exhausted
Let this moment, be the time to start the new race
You see time is rushing, yet no hope of grasping your dreams
Never lose hope, stay focused, and move toward your goals
Stay in the right corner, try chances, and work hard
Life is best when you do what you love
Do what you are passionate about
Don’t let anyone limit your potential
Move in your direction, the ball is in your hands
You will fulfill your promise.