Fighting the unseen

Can my dreams come to life?

And all my hopes survive?

Sometimes the doubts creep in low

With persuasion, their seeds they sew

I fear to tread the life-long path

Make mistakes, lose any dignity I hath

I’m looking up and it is so steep

And wishing  life was one long sleep

How can I start?

Can I go on?

Can I last?

Sometimes the doubts march in fast

And force my thoughts to visit the  past

All the years I have tasted

All the opportunities I have wasted

There’s so much for me to do

If I work day and night

It will only amount to something slight

I know that time is so tight

So can you see my blight?

O’ brokenhearted don’t you know

Potential has no borders

Not arrested by time

Or captured by soldiers

If doubt was a prophet, I would never follow him

If he stood for presidency, I would not elect him

But if he was your father, would you disobey him?

And if fear could be seen, I would surely  kill it

If you gave me this  promise would you fulfill it?

If regret was a newborn child

I would feed it no milk, I would leave it trialled

But with your words, would I stand reviled?

If laziness was a violent man

On his freedom, I would enforce a ban

But will you arrest him and stop his plan?

The future is made today

Not next year or last May

Let us hold a funeral

and say our prayers on Mr Delay

One of the men of satan's way

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust

With a big smile we say

The unseen enemies are now defeated

None of the wounds can go untreated

I know the  work is hard

But be assured there is a peak

Stand up and don’t be so meek

Know, after hardship comes ease

It heals pains and all worries cease

Imagine such a feeling

When you look up and there is no ceiling

Imagine that you were a machine

With a click of a button your past wiped clean

What dreams would you create?

What hopes would you ignite?

With all the tools inside of you

Soon you’ll know, they’re not a few

Now healed you stand

The future in your hand

Start it today

Little by little, your efforts will pay

So remember O' enlightened soul

Take no rest, until you reach your goal

By IM

Author's notes: Between many and their dreams are a host of unseen enemies, determined to stop them reaching their goals and maximizing their potential. These unseen enemies have been identified as: self doubt, fear of failure that leads to inactivity, procrastination, laziness, regret, and their allies. The future is like a blank page so don't let the unseen enemies write your story.