don't you give up

don’t you give up on me, don’t you dare give up,
when i’ll be curling in agony, — it will pass.
there have been times when i desperately had to stop
just to prevent me from breaking the fragile glass

that sounds so weird, but my life was consisting of
anti-examples, all showing me how to not.
every predictable breath could reduce to cough,
transferring strongest belief into second thought

don’t you give up on obstacles — they will change,
right when you won’t be expecting your gods to hear
sitting on top of that mountain within your range
won’t necessarily trigger the biggest fear

good that you are unaware how much it aches
banging and banging and banging on rotten door
might be the time to let go and release the brakes,
might be the moment to cancel that need for more

although i’m tired and silent, don’t you give up,
you’ll be surprised what you’ll patiently unexpect
modern professional options to overdub
drastically lose to imperfect and incorrect