with a beg and a plea and a promise to run ahead
and a circumstance where nothing will hold you back
your ambition stacks to heights where you cannot reach
and a line now forms behind you to get a piece
the cost
to cease
and the line holds you down
throws your patience away
with the rest of today
look back, then look ahead
now you’re stuck as you try and change your priorities
in the line’s eyes it’s when you don’t try that you succeed
and with nothing left to move on from where you’ve been
you fall out of line and give up before you begin
one loss
no wins
and the line holds you down
throws your patience away
with the rest of today
look back, then look ahead
and the line holds you down
as it moves with no end
as it snakes, as it bends
to catch you in it’s grasp