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-Ins and outs of tasks mundane

Leave little to desire.

If one aspires to great attain

Then tell them to aim higher.

Amongst the boughs of orchards peach,

Where ultimately out of reach

The outward goal that they beseech

Sits teasingly entire.

-Now they’re clippèd on the chin,

Now they amble lighter;

If roar resolve resides within

It’s now you’ll see a fighter.

A quiet promise, inward pact

Acknowledging the simple fact

That their tenacity has slacked

And someone else’s tighter.

-Burning body, breath a-rasp,

A mental state of loath,

For victory within your grasp

Needs mind and body both.

Live along a noble road

And gladly bear a heavy load.

When nerves controlled and breath is slowed

The victor makes this oath.

-Gain and glory to the fore

And gone is loss’s sting.

But if one has endeavours more

Remain does one small thing:

The core of any sweet success,

A seed to source another test

Lay hidden in the juice and flesh

Of this initial win.