When a challenge feels like a hex
won’t even try, it’s too complex
take this approach, it is a chinch
Little by little – inch by inch
First impressions are often wrong
solution found, before too long
the proven way, when in a pinch
Little by little – inch by inch
Complex issue, when broken down
a set of basics is what’s found
take on the task without a flinch
Little by little – inch by inch
There’s never a goal out of reach
if you’ll just practice what I’ve preached
let this concept be one you clinch
Little by little – inch by inch
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