the struggle

please…
just don’t…
stop.
don’t stop.
don’t quit…
quit doing that!
well make up your mind, then.
so many decisions we face
so many breaths we take
to live this life we move and shake
by grace
everyday i face decisions that
sometimes i’m not equipped to make
mentally, emotionally, physically…
but i am continually placed
in situations that will make or break
me.
faith.
something that i cling to
because it is the only way to get through
my day
there is a perpetual struggle within me
seeking to annihilate me
destroy me and cease my very being
but each day i undertake the struggle
i take over the struggle
i become the struggle so that i might find out
who i am inside
pride i show while i
glide through every obstacle like a
professional
winding with the curves
climbing every mountain
taking time to smell the roses and
still trekking on.
i am.
the struggle.
if i could just get past the
thoughts that plague my mind
and cause my true talents not to shine
take away my glory and show my pain
block out my sunshine and flood me with rain
shame i feel when i think my
iniquities have been revealed
but!
faith.
something that i cling to
because it is the only way to get through
my day
there is a perpetual struggle within me
seeking to annihilate me
destroy me and cease my very being
but each day i undertake the struggle
i take over the struggle
i become the struggle so that i might find out
who i am inside
i am.
i am.
the struggle.

(c) ronetta cheryll