I try my very best to win the race that I'm in,
a trophy glints brightly at the finish line
that I know I'll never win.
My opponents have long since passed me
in a sea of blurs,
and yet my feet continue to scuffle forward
despite all that they have endured.
There is a burning sensation in my lungs
and my breath is heavy upon my lips,
yet somehow I find the strength to force myself
to continue on with rehearsed encouragement and tips.
"You can do this." I scoff to myself
as my aching, blistered feet shuffle on,
"It's a straight run through. Half more to go
and then you'll be done."
The burn engulfing my thighs protest with
a near audible plea,
to stop for a couple of moments
and allow myself the rest that I visibly need.
The path that I am on now is rocky
with curves and hurdles along the way,
metaphorically speaking this is how
I live my life each and every day.
My hair clings to my face in the blistering heat
that is cascading upon me from the sun above
as my vision starts to haze,
my feet begin to stumble as if weighted
while I momentarily become dazed.
Yet I shallowly release a breath of relief
when the finish line slowly comes within sight,
and I somehow begin to smile
with newly awakened confidence and fight.
The moment that I step over the finish line
there is a smile curving my face,
for I am proud that I persevered through these trials
to finish the race.
I may not have been the first one to finish the race
but I still finished all the same,
and I stand tall with the knowledge that even though
I thought of giving up more than once or twice
I still kept with it until such a time came.
For I may stumble through life and all
of it's obstacles too,
but nothing will ever truly keep me down
from doing the things that I wish to do.
About the Creator
Stephanie Lifton
Hi! You will soon find different varieties here. I am a writer and a poet, though I am still passing some stepping stones with this. I get wrapped up in the poem sometimes and it may turn out long in the end, so I apologize in advance. :3
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