I AM A GLADIATOR

I can feel it in my back,

the weight of carrying life and pushing for greatness

my fists are always clenched

my chest is always out

fighting is what I do

I am a Gladiator

no one gave me an armoured suit

no my friend

I was just placed in the middle of life and told to grow

being who I am I complied…

… at some point in this journey of Greatness I think I gave up

I don’t know where

I don’t know when but I think I did

It got too hard

I got too much

I grew too tired

But, here I am again

but, I think my shoulders are lower

my eyes downcast

but, I'm still fighting, still breathing

and perhaps someone  may come along side me push me

thinking that I will fall

not me honey

I won’t

It is a mystery to me how I am still up

I am tired

I am sick

but, I am not giving up

I did not get handed the ‘this will be easy card’

No one said a word of such

This I have; HOPE

Hope that I will accomplish the desires of my heart

Hope that I will have the strength to conquer my dream

Hope that I will have the courage to love

Hope that I will see you alongside me living your dream

Hope, my friend can drive a man to do crazy things

it will drive him to see beyond his current world

it will keep him up at night,

fighting to turn a dream into reality.

My sleep is but, that sleep

I no longer dream for my life is a dream

I walk around with my mind racing

I don’t think I could quit

even if I wanted to

even if I tried

I have so many gifts in life

Quitting is not one of them

So, here I am fighting another day

Some fighters are not in a cage with bruised knuckles

Some fighters roam around the corridors of life changing the world

On battle at a time.

See you around the corner, I won't be waiting for you

That is not what I do, I am a GLADIATOR, I gotta do what I do….

 FIGHT.