No Foe Like My Own Poem by Anthony Levitt

They came to battle two sides of the mind.
One side was clever and smart the other was weak and light years behind.
Like Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde but one had no brilliance and no will to fight.
The inside of mind was their playing ground and the loser was easy to be found.

One side ruled by a monster who prayed on my defeat, the other was the voice of reason who rarely could stand on his own two feet.
This bad guy, the villain... he loved pain.
He would coat self doubt in my mind like paint and make sure it never would fade.
He held me to ransom and it was a high price.
It was that I had to stop thinking twice.
I was always in doubt and confusion ruled me like a king in a court.
I was his slave and it seemed his right to rule could not be fought.

Everyday I went through the hardships and became a victim through my own will. I grew bored of everything and life had no thrill.

Yet...
The other side still survived...

It sounds so simple and I just never thought of it that way.
Once I knew the that, then I learned I can survive another day.
The feeling of resilience became stronger and I came to see...
That it didn't matter if I had a bad day, just that I could choose the way the feel.

I was free.

Challenges will continue and I will overcome...
Purely because I decide to do so and not let my doubt ever cloud the light in my mind that has become my sun...

There is no secret ingredient to happiness, all you need is you.
Too cliche? The self books said it all?
Well at any rate, least I can say: 'I've seen the writing on the wall'