In the hard times

I'm tough as

a diamond

and resilient

as a 

cockroach

I've pulled

through

the most

daunting

of times

that begged

me to

quit,

but I

am

a

determined

soul,

a fire

that does

not 

burn

out,

the best

things in

life

do  

not 

come

without

those storms

of adversity

and the

choppy

seas

of

troubling

waters,

you cannot

win

if you

refuse

to 

try,

and

tune out

the

disheartening

lies

that 

failure

screams

in our

ears,

so get

back on

that 

horse

and 

win

that

race

in those

hard 

times

that

whip

you