Take The Ultimate Challenge

What is this life on which we live
Pressed and packed we carry forth
Burdened down by our plight, we fight
Unhindered by our gangly attempts
We muster strength and lead the challenge
Into battle to live or die, but not be defeated.

Go forth and meet the battle, there will be no defeat
Each day will mark the passage of time, time to live
Together all of you will face the challenge
With your allies and your family, go forth
Set your strategy and make every attempt
To rise up from the dead and rot, another day to fight.

With every part of your soul you will meet this fight
Your life depends upon it, without heart there is defeat
Stay true and valiant in all that your attempts
Hold dear your loved ones and press them all to live
For in the end you will all carry forth
Your name, on weathered plank will rise forth
And stand the test of time; that is the challenge.

But until then, meet each challenge
With ruthless urgency and boldly fight
Into the night and long into next day forth
Keep your head about you or you will meet defeat
Flex your muscles and win the cause; that must live
Beyond today, in all things make every attempt.

And so my fellow warrior, with every brutal attempt
We rise and meet the challenge
Until we’re almost spent, then push to live
And battle on within this very fight
There is no other answer; there is no ultimate defeat
We must meet the cause and push it forth.

Long into our lives, each day calls it forth
We stand and we deliver with all our mighty attempts.
There is no surrender; there is no defeat
Let’s make it to the end of this challenge
Our fists bloody in the fight
But remember this, my warrior strong, you will live.

Into the battle go forth and ultimately live
In all your valiant attempts you will rise and fight.
There is no one ever defeated who takes on the ultimate challenge.



This is a sestina. It is 39 lines. It follows a pattern of repetition that is defined within the first stanza.
Stanza 1..A.B.C.D.E.F.
Stanza 2..F.A.E.B.D.C.
Stanza 3..C.F.D.A.B.E.
Stanza 4..E.C.B.F.A.D.
Stanza 5..D.E.A.C.F.B.
Stanza 6..B.D.F.E.C.A.

The final stanza is only three lines but follows this pattern:
Line 1..B..A
Line 2..D..C
Line 3..F..E

This one was brutal, but I did it!!!!
My defining words: live forth fight attempts challenge defeated