Loser's Lament

Feel like a factory recall?
Struggle with a basic flaw?
Never quite making the cut.
Stuck in a loser's rut.

Never the winner,
But honorable mention.
No total loser,
And still in contention.

Second place,
Second best,
Second fiddle,
There's no rest.

Ever better,
But never best.
The grade is passing,
But there's a new test.

If this is how you feel
You're in good company
So tired of striving
Never really arriving.

How about the unthinkable -
Surrender and yield!
Place your life in God's hands;
Release frantic efforts
At so called perfection.
Opt out for God's love
And His strength and protection. Doma