A throne built on tasks and titles
Achievements to say the least
Obsession with what is next
Going and going without a celebration treat
Yet when the summit proves a barren peak
How heavy and hollow the insides feel
Another ambition becomes the target
The burden becomes heavier and a slight crack reveal
The recognition; the cash; the glory
That spark to push through the gray
But when forced to put all of that down
Who lights your lantern in the dark at the end of the day
How we forget the things of joy
The laughs with friends, a book, a trail
Rediscovery of things undone
Abandoned while chasing success in the eyes of man
Broaden out the borders of the mind
Step away from the goals and experience life
Sometimes the joy that was hard to find
Is found when stepping from this rat race