Determination is an infection.
It creeps upon its host, silently,
While the victim goes about his business unsuspectingly.
Comprised of small vows and big dreams,
Determination is its own enemy.
The only thing that ever undid determination is failure.
Failure created from the ashes of burnt reservations.
Values; sacrificed, beliefs; comprimised, personality; dead
All lost in the face of blinding determination.
Which takes over its host like a gunman takes control of a hostage
Demanding perfection in all it's possibilities,
Demanding complete obedience.
Determination breeds arrogance, stirring confidence in a sick melting pot
Brewing haughtiness and contempt, it bubbles viciously, waiting
Waiting... Waiting for the chance to make one something undone
Determination is all that one fails to become
1. What thoughts does this give you about the possibile effects of too much determination?
2. What lines or sections don't flow or coincide with the rest of the piece?
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I think this is a creative comparison to something normally seen as good, showing the dark side of motivation.
1. In this poem, is failure portrayed as the consequence of somebody having determination, or as the intent of determination, shown as a thinking being?
2. How do determination and infection demand perfection or obedience?
1. When we devote to much of orselves to one specific goal we often lose ourselves and what defines us.
2. I get what you're trying to say with your last line but it doesn't really make sense to me.
?1. Doesn't determination make you push past failure and try again?
?2. Where is the line that defines when one has too much determination?
1. Determination can be a negative force if taken to extremes, eating away at every other thing.
2. The part about failure. It seems to show failure as a good thing that destroys determination rather than as a consequence.
1. I'm not sure if I agree with you, but it does make me feel that being overzealous about something could turn out unwanted results.
2. When you start talking about fear and then go back to determination. It makes good sense, but I think it takes away from the determination aspect.
1. What's your reasoning behind determination being a hindrance?
2. If you're 'determined' how does it make you a 'perfectionist'?
1.) This makes me consider the consequences of too much determination and the possibility of forgetting my morals if I am too focused on one thing.
2.) I don't really understand the part where you begin to talk about failure.
1.) How does failure affect determination?
2.) Is there a personal experience that has caused you to feel this way?
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