It will be a hard night,
I know, before…
before some event
I want to go well
in which I have a part.
My anxiety is high
and cannot sleep,
I get no rest.
When young I learned
that I could not – whatever,
I was not enough,
not able to excell,
and so, did not.
All a deep, deep hole
I was trapped inside.
Over decades, I
have proved that wrong,
but anxiety remains.