Drips of rain splash the earth

Names hushed amongst the wisps

My heart nestled in a warm hearth

Governed by its surroundings

Hustled by the rush

Did we ever know how hard it would be

Looking out to the brilliance

but never seeing within?

Leaving my nature behind

like climbing up a ladder

but every stair crumbles when

you grip the next rung

Left hanging for naught

As you look down

you see that it was never

worth it

A labyrinth of people

to navigate and avoid

A lonesome one

pushing through

the quagmire

As your screams

bubble underneath the mire

you forget

what it was all for

was it ever your brilliance

that asked for you to shoot for the moon

letting the suns be your backup

But you never did land among the stars

did you?

Was that moment of ecstasy

ever worth the years of drudgery?

Living with billions,

but has it ever been home?

Dripping rain

soaking into everything