For today’s prompt, write a lucky number poem. Some people have lucky numbers, some don’t. Wherever you fall on the lucky number spectrum, you can still write a poem about the phenomenon of lucky numbers and/or luck in general.
— Robert Lee Brewer, Writer’s Digest
Calligraphy by Carol Chan
Fall down seven times; get up eight — Japanese proverb
Lucky number seven
When I read these words,
I feel a boost of courage
— my inner optimist
straightens her shoulders
and nods in recognition,
resolved, ready —
as if the deepest truth of the universe is that
all that is required of me
is to keep going.
“Try, try again.”
”Don’t give up.”
And I want to think
I will get up eight
But is it really that simple?
And how do we ever know
until we have fallen down seven?