Everything becomes a memory

I’ve taken the next step

Continued on with my destiny

I’m surrounded by my friends and enemies

The rooms divided

And it’s easy enough to see

That the crowd is cheering and taunting me

Some want me to succeed

Some want me to fail

But I guess I’m pointing out the obvious now

Because I take one more step and look up

Only to see the crowd has changed

My friends have thinned and my enemies grown

But even with this I carry on

My head held high

Because this is just the beginning of the battle

And a wise man once told me that I would go far

I very blindly believed him

Because he had no reason to lie

Moments pass and I glance around again

Only to find that I’m alone now

Left to think of the mistakes I’ve made

Holding to the only sign left behind

One that says I’m a loser and I should give up

I recognise the writing as that of one of my closest friends

I put the sign down and walk away

Finding there is nothing left for me here today

All the boundaries that I crossed

All the people that love me

The ones I’ve pissed off

They fade

And soon

Everything becomes a memory

That I will soon forget