#Writeclub
based on the prompt “if you fail, try again”
Achievement they say,
is a wonderful thing.
He left the grand halls of learning
with each wrinkle on his worn face
turning upwards
Plenty of Sand had
made its way through
this learners egg timer
Perseverance – the key
and the cracking of those
Mystical codes – they call formulae
Younger peers – had scaled the tops
but it didn’t matter to this elderly pops
for years he’d had to settle for “D”s
but now in Maths – he’d got a “C”
The Inkwell 