Once again, I've gotten my hopes up, been let down, and let the Netherlands hurt me, but you know what? That's okay. On the whole, I'm not a big fan of poems. I find most of the ones I read pretentious, often nonsensical and generally fail to be touched by their supposed deeper meanings. That being said, there have been a few I've come across that have stuck with me. One of them is If - by Rudyard Kipling, and these lines in particular: