It was early in the morning when my phone rang. My classmate was calling me to inform me of the new timetable for the last exam of our classes. My thoughts were absent about the exam thinking on how 2025 will end.
I didn’t blame anyone for failing my last exam. I was the source of that failure. As a student, I would have to prepare for the exam, but my mind was turning back on what I would have done before. As my mind was turning back, I realized that:
whenever sunrises, the clock keep turning,
whenever sunsets, the clock keeps turning, and
As the ayes sleep, the heart keeps working and mind keeps standing in.
What was I waiting for……? What was I missing……? Nothing; the only ability to prioritize the task was less. As the tears fell, my heart was beating and judging myself.
As my classmates celebrated, I was in circle blaming myself for what I would have done before.
The lack of ability to prioritize my tasks results in ending my year in tears but teaching the lessons of the year.
How do I change things and become successful?
By answering the question, I may say: “The Beginnings are never easy, but the vision was stronger than any obstacles on the way.”
As the days came, I was not strong because of done, I was strong because of keep moving. The failure I made before was the opportunity to change all hurdles that made my year end in tears. I have realized that; We carry on our mind the key of tomorrow, a heavy channel than the ones lifted before. The ending point of my blindness was the starting point of sight.
We owe the dreams we claim today to the sacrifice of our mind and the ability to prioritize our daily responsibilities. My losses make me accountable. Because of my failure, I am now in praise.
My stand is on the mountain, my eyes are staring
My vision is relaxing and enjoying the failure I made
My mind is busy as a bee, thinking about my dreams to correct all mistakes I made.
A Backbone of our future.
My ears can hear, a beautiful heartbeat
In a safe green space, busy for self-meditation
Trying to turn sight back, to push sight forward.
Truth be told,
Truely,
the exam (which is said in the story) was never just ink on paper,
it’s just the writing on the wall,
a quiet echo of a story
I had buried deep in my chest.
As I compare dropping the ball in class,
Is how i already dropped the ball in love.
I burned the candle at both ends
yet left the heart out in the cold.
I counted my chickens before they hatched,
believing time was on our side
but time waits for no one.
Love, like an exam,
is no piece of cake.
It asks you to show up,
to put your heart where your mouth is,
to guard it like a treasure,
not treat it like a passing cloud.
When the results stared back at me, the truth hit home.
The red mark on the paper
mirrored the crack in my heart.
Not because love was a lost cause
but because I had not watered
what I wanted to grow.
That broken love sang the same song
as that failed test:
you reap what you sow.
Nothing worth having
survives on empty promises
or half-hearted tries.
Yet every cloud has a silver lining.
What I lost became my wake-up call,
not a scar but a compass.
Heartbreak opened my eyes
and cut me down to size
so, I could rise wiser.
Now I know:
success in love,
like success in life,
is built brick by brick
with intention, attention,
and courage at the helm.
Beginnings are never easy,
but when the heart sets its priorities straight,
every closed door becomes another door opening.
My mouth is swallowing and tongue tasting very delicious honey, harvested from keeping moving and planting the ability to prioritize. My nose is smelling and Lung’s breathing, the energy is increasing from hierarchy thoughts.
The inspiration behind this poem came from a deep discussion with friends about how many young people stop pursuing their dreams after experiencing heartbreak in love. During that conversation, it became clear how emotional pain can cause someone to lose focus, abandon priorities, and give up on building a resilient future. The writer began writing to show how distraction and misplaced priorities can delay success.
Through this poem, it shows how to transform personal regret and heartbreak into a meaningful lesson, encouraging young fellows not to let temporary emotional wounds destroy permanent dreams. Instead of running away from their goals because of love-related disappointment, the writer advises them to rise stronger, learn from their mistakes, prioritize wisely, and understand that true success whether in love or in life, is built on intention, discipline, and resilience.
Poem by: Niyirora Christian
Email: christianiyirora@gmail.com