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Overshadowed Improvement

January 25, 2024
By Anonymous

A new stalk within me started to grow

A horde of pecks starts to introduce cracks

Those bad habits that follow me like crows 


Inspiration and effort start to flow

My brain starting to create more new tracks

A new stalk within me started to grow


The shadow’s doubt and malice start to show

Their thorny vines uproot and plan attacks

Those bad habits that follow me like crows


In tarnished soil, I begin to sow

I nourish the seeds behind turned backs

A new stalk within me started to grow


The menacing poison clouds start to blow

Accumulating dozens within packs

Those bad habits that follow me like crows


Afterwards, damaged light bulbs grow aglow

Even though perseverance starts to lacks

A new stalk within me started to grow

Those bad habits that follow me like crows


The author's comments:

This poem represents the struggle one can face when trying to improve while other factors like angry people or bad luck follow and sabotage the progress that was made.


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