"Courageously Conquer" a poem by Charles Anthony Hood

It’s too dark to see anything.

My mouth is a desert.

My tongue is a reptile.

I wipe my sweaty palms…

On my pant legs to dry them.

I have a lump the size of a watermelon…

In my throat—and it hurts too.

I’m weak in the knees.

I have a knot in the pit of my stomach.

Fear is the biggest enemy we’ll face.

Slinking away from challenges,

A coward is a perpetual loser—

Too afraid to fail or make a mistake—

A fragile ego waiting for a sure thing,

But a sure thing never comes.

So, the coward waits in the shadows:

Until the party is over and the laughter fades.

The loser has lost once again,

Too afraid to shine and be something…

Greater than anything before.

But we are not losers!

We are overcomers!

We meet challenges head on!

We are champions!

We continue to move forward,

Despite huge obstacles…

Despite seeming impossibilities…

Despite the opinions of others…

Nothing will conquer us,

Because we have conquered ourselves!

To conquer yourself…

Is the greatest achievement.

Look within to discover…

Your divine identity.

You are a God upon this earth…

Living in a fleshly shell.

Your carnal nature is who you are—

A primate evolved.

Know yourself and be true…

To whom you are—your individuality.

To overcome paralyzing fear…

Do what it is that you’re afraid to do.

Some guidelines: do no harm,

Do that which is right,

Listen to your conscience,

Listen to wisdom,

And take heed to the philosophers.

Accumulate understanding and wealth.

The greatest of those is understanding,

For understanding yourself is paramount!

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