You

why do so many of us give up on ourselves?

We are not fiction ,not trolls , not elves

We are real and full of emotion

which is why to live we need to be in motion

For to stand still is to have our fill

and mortally wound our will

so we give up and start looking down

and then we let self pity go to town

for we do not see past any wall

we find comfort in their justification and stall

If we only knew how much we are worth the fight

We would not despair no matter what holds our sight

How we look at the world is the world we live in

When we conquer the battlefield within

Our lens changes and the world takes on a different hue

thus it dawns on us that all that is truly needed is the authentic you