Most effective when up against it

Applying the pressure early helps

Deadlines don’t worry me one bit

I move only when someone yelps

Anxiously from a burning building

Which my own indecision set alight

A precious wisdom I’m seldom wielding

Like a hurt spouse looking for a fight

Instead of a solution, self-destruction

Imploding daily, rather unnecessarily

Because I am the only real obstruction

Holding me back, quite extraordinarily

“Get out of your own way” screams potential

As it’s wasted yet again, way too carelessly

Some sort of intervention is now essential

A beautiful life cannot be lived so recklessly

Even if it all goes against my very nature

For a glimpse of glory, I’ll be my own traitor