The attrition of the flaws

On the deepest pit within my heart,

I know—I am my flaws.

On the darkest of nights,

I become all that I’ve hidden from the world.

Amid the most arduous of trials,

I stumble, I struggle—yet in vain.

Slowly, fear descends,

its shadow threatening to unveil me.

I stand against myself—

I lose.

But

I win too.