Your pretentious self!

Who’s standing between you and your dreams?

It’s not them, it’s your pretentious self, fool.

The one that scares you like hell to take chances in life,

The life that you know, you only live once.

Draped in the insecurities about trying your gut,

And never getting off that same old shit.

Don’t lose faith in the instincts that work,

For you being firm and determined, did always serve.

Now that the times aren’t great and a slide no fun,

Yet there’s nothing to lose but so much to earn.

You fail and you fall but you always try,

As you already know, you can't just sit and cry.

It never was and will never be an option for the fighter in you,

To let the failure win and damn screw you.

Never in your life did you get anything so easy,

So why such notions at present, have kept you busy?

You’re done revisiting your dead grave by now,

It’s time to move on from being stuck to awe.

Failures define you as you fight them back,

You always strive for the skills you lack.

That’s how your journey has been,

You fought back all the atrocities you have seen.

Get up and rise, be vigorous and steady,

Don’t lose hope and you are tough-times ready.

~Yashna Sharma

(29 August '18)