Unrelenting Echo

The challenge I strive to overcome is the voice inside that sings a different song.

That says I am weak when try to be strong.

That counts the future as marked in stone.

That treats help as an unnecessary chaperone.

That seizes the time it takes to run as successive

That takes training a step far to obsessive

But I listen and rise above the echoes inside

Success only I define, I calm my pride

Against never ending doubts I survive

By accepting not avoiding that which makes me alive.