I am a warrior!
My eyes are focused, intent on a singular goal
Stepping forward, carefully, past the jeering crowds
Each step an effort as I hear their mocking
They’re calling out to me, calling for my failure
I will not be swayed. I will endure to the finish.
The laughing shadows do not want me to finish
They do not see that in me lives a warrior
All that is noticed is my weakness, seemingly leading to failure
They do not see my eyes, my heart, my spirit striving for the goal
So they continue, self-assured in their mocking
Believing that I will weaken and fall away to join the crowds
I spent too many years among the crowds
I know what is there and it strengthens my resolve to finish
I remember the times I was on the sidelines, mocking
But today, I am a warrior!
I will make it to the goal
For me, there will be no failure
Ah! The millions lined up to see my failure
I can barely see my supporters fighting their way through the crowds
But they are coming to support me in my goal
I can hear them cheering me on, rooting for me to reach the finish.
They can see, within this frail body, the spirit of a warrior
And I can hear their voices, present, above the mocking.
I am growing impervious to the mocking
I know that there will be no failure
I know that I am a warrior
I am running and no longer notice the horrible crowds
I only see those who tell me I will finish
I only hear those who want me to reach my goal
I’m so close that I can almost touch the goal
No one can get to me with any form of mocking
I know that I will finish.
I know that I am not a failure.
My friends have made it past the crowds
And run up to embrace the successful warrior
I am daily living my goal and accepting the life of a warrior
I can face and conquer the mocking crowds
I no longer fear failure, I can endure to the finish
