Hazy Acres

Heard don’t give up 

As I was giving up

Then not giving up

Before I gave up 

Again

Then tried again 

As I wanted to quit 

I heard don’t quit 

As I was quitting 

Then not quitting 

Staying to not quit 

Again

I heard these are the moments it matters most 

To not give in while giving up

In the quit 

I hear this time and time again 

As I contemplate the end of the edge 

Where I quit 

Giving up and thinking about it 

Then it keeps going 

Noticing the quit 

Hanging out with the quit 

Debating the give up 

Staring at the sugar it will not eat

Or the person it will not have 

I heard don’t stop 

As I was stopping and slowed down to stop 

Before I did in fact stop

I hear this in the dark hour

Before the rise 

I heard this in the middle days 

With the sun and the contemplation

All of it heard before it gives up in the quit 

Or quits giving up 

What are these voices 

Reminders of where it ends up

Once its been given up and your left to quit 

Again as you had before 

It yells inside my head 

And pushes the outside of me to not let up 

Tornado of the mind asking to give up 

To quit 

I heard the asking in the internal debate 

Negotiations with self to give up 

Find a reason 

A proper justification in the excuse 

Shorten the time 

Smooth over the expectations 

But try it must continue 

One way or another 

Leveraging the quitters voice as a tool to fight

Giving up