Along The Way

*(-Winner- of the 'Talk To Yourself!!!' competition)

Along the way I'd ask myself  
"Why try so hard when others win with ease?"
"Abandon! Abandon!" came the cry
The reckless reply of the voice I tried to please
"With whomsoever do you contest to play this game called life?
What do you see or think there to be at the journey's finish line?"
"I do not know but only fear an empty, cold embrace.
What angel, beast, or spirit here could calm this shadowed face?"
"All that you shirk and think to shun is uncertainty at best.
Let them do their worst to spoil your fun and put you to the test.
But know that all this goes and even morning suns will set.  
And though this be the truth of all, they never hold regrets."