BOOK WEALTH from HpDyke

 Failure (by Henry Dike) A friend to nobody, A desire of no person breathing, Yet everyone has shared in your lesson Of life; daily lesson, different for every person.  Like a stern teacher you teach, Consuming pints of blood like a witch, Like an assassin you execute your preys As an incurable cancer you eat through without fray. I challenge the dead and the living Who has not had an encounter with failure sting? Speak up now and forever openly acclaim yourself a liar In your heart and in your cold tomb which you will retire. Failure has sent many to early graves Failure has changed many names to ‘Failure’ Failure has changed fleshy hearts to stony hearts Failure has even made 'angels' be fiendish demon's carts. But failure has made boys, men and women, tougher, Failure is like a four-wheel drive on plains that are rougher, Failure has created never imagined paths in virgin savannahs; Failure made many conquerors, riding with kingly banners. So, what...

                     HARD WORK  ( by Henry  Dike) You want to achieve that grade That every student desires, Then hard work Should be your guiding principle. You want to be who you dream to be In the future yet to be seen, Then hard work Should be your closest ally. You want to give your family The best that your profession offers, Then hard work Should be your foremost value. You want to grow that business To that height where people look up to you, Then hard work Should keep you awake as others slumber. You want to keep your family together As it should be Then work hard at it For it is not an easy task for you or your spouse. You want to conquer that habit, that sin That is eating you up from within, Then work hard at it, For it is not an easy road to righteousness. Are you working hard and no results yet? Do not wait to think that success is delusory Or become drunk with lethargy Keep...