Unexpected failure | Poem

A poem about success, boundless pride, the adulation of society and sudden tragedy.

I believed in myself too much,

While flying higher in the sky.

Higher in the sky of success,

Farther from the crowd of mortals.

I received praises too much,

When news spread like a wildfire.

Wildfire, powerful but blind,

Burned everything on its path.

I soared in the sky,

and roared like a lion.

I heard endless claps,

Until the thunder came.

It hurt my wings so deep,

I collapsed to the abyss.

In the dark I weep alone,

All my glory has gone.