Maximum Effort

Do you try?
Do you really try?
Or do you simply give lip service?
Just enough to paddle by;
Far too little to succeed.

Dig down deep into your soul
And remember who you're asking.
Lying to yourself won't help to
Realize your fondest dreams.

What is it you want from life?
Have you really asked yourself
What goals you're waiting to achieve?
What tangled web you long to weave?

Which direction?
What's the plan, the angle
To manipulate?
Who must yield and who must perish?
Who must be left in your wake?

Someone wins and someone loses,
And the loser's soon forgotten
Buried in the aftermath
Or left to burn; tied to your stake.

You must choose; must really choose
Which direction you will take.

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