Take it back... A poem about sucess

A poem about Success: Take it back.

Give me it back
The struggle, the fight
For there is more lost in success
Than is realized or gained

For now I am
Just “am”
Not will be, not can be,
But just “am”

No more tomorrows
No more best-ing, or bettering
Just being, to keep being
No ring to that.

No more tastes of it,
Just mouthfuls
No more wanting it
Just having it
No more yearning for it
But knowing it
No more.

Take it back, or give it back,
The drive, the need
I can’t be, just be
There must be more than to just be