It’ll be much easier now. After this
nothing else will seem so dangerous
or threatening
or bad.

From this day on
as you look on any challenge
you will be able to snort
and laugh
and realize no matter how bad it was,
it will not compare to today
where you faced your biggest challenge
and you failed.

Nothing else will be so significant
or as tragic.
No threat so large
no prize so magnificent
not possibility so perfectly crushed.

Everything will go smoother from now on
for there will be no hopes left to dash.
Your life will be softer now
less difficulty.

That was not meant
to make you feel better.