Nervous and anxious

Never ending anxiety
Ever more stress
Round the corner, problems
Venues full of obstacles
Over here, over there
Unexpected pitfalls
Serious mishaps.

Always this fear of stumbling
Never prepared, taken by surprise
Done, cooked, failed again.

Always unsure, frozen in front of blazing headlights
Never content, no Tic-Tac-Toe win
Xs celebrate, never yOu
It is as it is
Obey the rules, whatever they are
Until the right paradigm
Sets you free.