Run Your Race Poem by John Sensele

Each day wake up smiling and for success brace
For opportunities, visible and invisible
To seize each moment and run your race.

Give each opportunity your best shot and trace
Thoughts, plans and actions that are able
To move you forward and earn you a pride of place.

Slip on fresh socks and snatch the mace
Destined to proclaim you're not culpable.
Each day wake up smiling and for success brace.

Wear shoes with snow studs to engage any surface
On roads to success that are capable
Of seizing each moment to run your race.

Wear a crown but wear no frown on your face
Because your future and culture aren't negotiable.
Each day wake up smiling and for success brace
To seize each moment and run your race.