Labour: Labour without gain

This is dedicated to labour without gain

To labouring with pain
Even as it all still feels the same
And going on sans shame
With neither result nor fame

To the psychiatrist, trying day after day
To cure a patient, to get through some way
To the teacher working to break though to a kid
Even if just trying the same thing they already did

To the benched athlete, trying to improve their skill
To the struggling painter who is painting still
To the addict trying to attend rehab again
Yes this is dedicated to labour without gain

For it's the labour without gain, that leads to success
It's when you know you're fighting for nothing and finally confess
That's when you're free, to labour on and on
Because that labour may have been for something all along