Candidate Exertion

Tenacious, yes and how!
although hope may wane and fade.
To many, chances, even now,
are slim, perhaps waylaid.

Out of reach, you understate;
it's possible if it exists.
Unlikely? Even if it's late,
the reach expands if one persists.

Just hang on a while longer now,
and, staunchly, inch ahead.
Dimly distant forces bow;
strategic tactics are not dead.

Tenacious, yes, though goal evade,
and seems to stall and slip away;
hopeless is only hope dead laid;
while there's life, he may win the day.