Art is a Game called “Try Again”
I thought I could make it, but I was tricked.
I really thought I could make it, but I failed.
My passion was too weak, and so I slipped,
My art was too flat and undetailed.
I thought I could make it, but my ideas were too odd.
I really thought I could make it, what a lie.
My skill was too poor, and so I felt like a fraud.
I was going to be scrapped and want to cry.
I thought I could make it, history rhymes,
Because I didn’t this time, nor did I the last.
I will try again a thousand more times.
I will try again till failure is past.
From the beginning, Art has been a game,
“Start Over,” those words are my truth.
But I’ll always fight for me, not glory or fame,
Through the rest of my life, from the years of my youth.
I think I can make it, success is my prize,
I know I can make it, from defeat I shall rise.
October 4, 2024 at 8:35 am
I like the new title! I like how you repeated “try again”, connecting it back to the title.
October 4, 2024 at 11:25 am
I really love the progression from uncertainty to self-confidence, and how you turned the phrase around and made it into something positive at the end. I also really like the phrase “history rhymes,” it’s very clever!
October 4, 2024 at 11:36 am
I really like the progression from such a downcast perspective to one with more optimism. The last line in the second stanza really stood out to me, “I was going to be scrapped and want to cry.”
When using the word scrapped, one is usually referencing a tool of some kind, or perhaps a piece of art. Your use of “I” implies the connection an artist has to their work, and how it is a reflection of themselves. Thus, if their work is not up to par, neither are they.