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Perseverance

Don't you dare give up.

By Stephanie LiftonPublished 6 years ago 1 min read
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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.

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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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