The Struggle

Success is not an easy stroll

it never was nor ever shall

On purpose, if the chips are down

needs icy backbone spine canal

Willpower won’t be all you need

more how you walk a country mile

Always striving for a better way

on any given crooked stile

Receiving every trial and let-down

as much more than lessons learned

Fixing all those broken hearts

getting over being spurned

Overnight is insufficient time

for building sound defence

It will not sustain momentum

or give sufficient recompense

In the end when you look back on it

success was what you gained

By shrugging off the give in calls

moving onwards self contained


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Based on the life and times of Frederick Douglass