Hydra

For each head that I slash

off my adversary

it grows another three

each uglier than the last.

I feel I cannot defeat

the demons in my head

so I run away instead

into a shameful retreat.

The rapid regrowth strains

but this is achievable

with effort unbelievable

the opposition's strength wains.

My ever growing to-do list

is a Sisyphean task

so they only thing I ask

is that nothing is missed.