Perseverance

Failure was never meant
to stop you
or keep you from trying again,
I think its sole intent
is to prove
Success comes with perseverance.

Even the finest pitch
can get smacked
for home runs by a pinch hitter,
The pitcher ignores this
And comes back,
He knows he is not a quitter.

So would you turn away
or stand tall
when the wind blows into your face?
Would you grind out the day,
give your all
To win the last lap of the race?

The Tri-fall form has three 6-line stanzas. Each stanza follows a specific line-syllable count of 6/3/8/6/3/8 and a rhyme scheme of abcabc.