Linchpin

A horse of Troy planted at the gates

Brutus sharpens his knife

I turn my back to evade the blade

Accede, impaled on the strife

My own betrayer

The traitor is me

My own betrayer

Shadow box myself to lethargy

Treasonous self-belief is treachery

What am I?

My Judas

I'm useless

Excuses

I don't choose this

I won't choose this

My own betrayer

My own betrayer

(The traitor won't be me)

My own betrayer

(The traitor won't be me)

Redemption comes from within

Within

The linchpin