Lovely write though it is sad; it is a part of life for people to fail, so I'm guessing that's why you categorized this piece under 'life poems'.

'I convince myself to be strong
yet i embrace failure like
a lost prodigal son, dining with it
while hope stares from outside the
window, tears in her eyes'
^This part really stood out for me. I like the reference to the prodigal son, the idea of dining with failure was so original and the personification of hope was just breath-taking! This painted for me a nice image: a son talking with his dad during dinner, perhaps he failed in a test or exam, but hope is always outside the window; opportunity is always waiting. The 'tears in her eyes' made me imagine it was raining. Nice.

'She cries and screams
but her voices are too faint for
me to hear, and so she sees nothing
else to do but take her very life'
^Instead of merely saying 'hope died', this was really amazing. Though I suggest 'voices are' be changed to 'voice is' to make it more coherent and the flow would be better.

'Failure is deceitful and wicked,
it smiles, knowing it has devoured
another soul as you open your door,
letting it in'
^I thought you'd also personify failure, but 'it', made this more powerful, and it shows that failure is just a test perhaps. And we will somehow overcome it.
I read this over and over again, thinking who 'you' is. I interpret this as the reader, and the author is saying we should accept failure whenever we fail in order to move on.
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Some minor issues:
'its through the dark i ever
find light'
its--it's and I think it'll be more appealing if you were to capitalise all the 'I's, unless if you wanted to not capitalize it and show that you are small and insigneficant, perhaps?.. Hm..

Overall, a great read. Keep writing!
-X

I think I have mentioned it before Paul
I love and enjoy your poems

I belief it takes a certain degree of strength
to make it through life, considering the
trials and tribulations we have to endure
and learn to overcome
In the process yes we do fail from time to
time, we are humans, at the end it make
us become much stronger
keep writing 5/5

Wow Paul this poem is really powerful.
We do fail, but whenever we do, we learn a new lesson.:)
Amazing poem, I hope you're ok...

I don't think we truly fail, it might seem like that, but perhaps only those who fail are those who truly give up. If we "fail" per se, and we stay like that without learning from it and trying again then I guess we failed. Otherwise, we didn't, no matter how many times we make the mistakes, we didn't failed if we kept going.

Inspirational piece, Paul.

I convince myself to be strong
yet I embrace failure like

I liked how you used embrace in this line, this poem has a sad and disappoint tone to it you should have to stay strong... I know thatits hard...people fail but they always succeed.....and one day that will come to you , even soon...this was a touching piece... nice work

Failure damages the strength within a person and to overcome it needs extreme courage but some just can't cope with it...its sad to see things like this and reading this stirs an image of silent screams for help that is gone unheard..touching write..

Failure awesome poem
I love the start here
And your imagery was so clever
Your word choice too

Keep writing =)

Take a plate!!! or a fork... and zing it at the window!! you Gota let hope in, before she takes her own life and is unable to save you. Dont open your heart to that devil of failure sitting across from you!
Dont do it!!

I imagined in great detail the scenery of this poem. This might be my favorite now!!