I got another great quote from my faithful reviewer, JaKiwi. If any of you have quotes for poems, I'll gladly use them. Anyways, here it is: "Try again. Fail again. Fail better." Poem's in Haymitch's POV, as a mentor, teaching tribute after tribute just to watch them die in the arena. Free-verse.
Every year,
I watch them leave,
Smiling bravely
For the cameras,
But they never come back,
And they never have.
I get to know them,
Give them tips,
Help them
In any way possible,
But in the end
It all
Amounts to naught,
For every time
I try again,
I always manage to
Fail.
None have ever
Come back alive,
None have ever
Survived the battle,
None have ever
Won the war.
But every year
I'll try again,
Even though I know
I will fail again,
And again,
And again,
Year after year,
After year,
After year,
Even though I know
I will fail again,
I somehow have to
Fail better.
Tributes: If you come
Out of a near-death battle,
Even though you fail,
Try again.
And even though you fail,
Fail again,
Next time,
Do me a favor:
Fail better.
And one more
Piece of advice,
Before I send you
Off to your illimitable death:
Don't die.