Another chance to succeed

I could never climb up the rope.  

Humiliated in front of all my classmates,

Some of the able to shimmy up the rope

Way up up up to the high ceiling.  

Here on the banks of the canal,

I have another chance to climb the rope,

Well knotted and sturdy, I could hang on

And swing

I could swing at age 59.

I only had to wait 55 years for this

Success.