To Better Days Poem by Cody Napier

We all have it, that thing
That lives inside of us, is part of us
It speaks the worst in your ear
Always trying to bring you down
Sometimes we listen to it, believe it
Let it control our present reality
When we build it destroys
A constant battle to stay ahead
Can it be vanquished or defeated?
For a time maybe, but never eradicated
No, that thing is part of you
Living in the depths waiting to infect
Every ounce of our being
It can be active or dormant
Try to fight and control it
No sense in letting it win
When has it ever been right?
Never bringing good only misfortune
Let's take back what's ours
The spirit lit inside of us
And light the way to better days