Succeed

color:#222222">Try to make a name for myself

but working to succeed

wasn't working

and I believe it was because

I was working to be

your definition of "succeed"

color:#222222">So I write without a deadline

and I write when inspiration knocks

and I don't wine when perspiration drops

because I sweat out the concentration 

and rely on the flow of life

color:#222222">Wordsmith to many

now I take my words from written to spoken

and attempt to perform poetry with emotion

color:#222222">Standing in front of a crowd

with a microphone on a stand

nerves start to kick in

and I can’t control the shaking of my hands

I feel my complexion begin to rose

and the words I need to speak

cannot be found 

vocals are muted 

until at last... a sound

color:#222222">hearing myself speak

sounds so strange to me 

this public is going to smirk and hate me

embarrassed are my eyes and they will deceit me

allowing themselves to fill up with tears until one

makes its way to the surface and destroy me

publicly humiliated I will be

but wait

color:#222222">This isn’t for the wide eyed audience

this isn't for the doubtful, the cynics

this act of courage and love of words

is for me

I am me

I succeed