I actually liked it a lot. There were a few places where I was slightly worried that there wasn't a real contradiction set up, for example:

"There are situations worse…
Yet I still feel outdone"

Well if there are situation that are worse, then you were outdone, so it wouldn't be "Yet I still feel outdone" but rather "And I still feel outdone", or something... but whatever, that isn't necessarily very important.

I actually liked the couplet stanzas, they punctuated the rhythm for me.