Tanyaradzwa Karen Guwakuwa
When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you are trudging through seems all uphill,
When the hopes are low yet the dreams are enormous,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh.
When failure seems to be pressing you down a bit, rest if you must, but don’t quit.
Life’s challenges make you feel pressured, just like the way there is no perfume if flowers are not crushed and no wine if grapes are not pressed.
Life is really queer with its twists and turns and many a failure turns about.
Just rest if you must, but don’t you quit.
Though your surroundings, the people who surround you and your failures convince you otherwise,
Just give a deaf ear and don’t let small minds convince you that your dreams are too big.
Just rest if you must, but don’t quit.
All you have to do is to try and fail rather than to fail to try.
Even though the path seems to be rough,
Even though your desired end results seem to be far from your reach,
Even though the pace seems slow, you might just succeed with another blow.
Just rest if you must, but don’t quit.



