Behold Yourself

Hide the tracks
Don’t reveal the tricks
Hold your breath
Don’t forget the time

Have to fight on
Make the right decisions
No chance for second guesses
Just another day on the job

Don’t drop your guard
Always be on the lookout
Pitfalls and traps become the norm
Quicksand hard to walk through

Smile, smile everyone
But don’t forget the struggle
If something seems easy
Be wary of the hidden noose

Read the mind and predict
Where the next hit will fall
It’s the only way to win
To not be dragged back under

No chance to cower
When you’re trying so hard to
Figure out how to survive
In a world that runs away

Just know that there’s so
Much you don’t understand yet
And fight your way through
Until you learn to stay awake

Be always on the go
Rocking back and forth
Reflection distorted and warped
What is there to see?