Into the fire.

We storm to the beedy eye,
there's much more at stake than pride
but much less than life itself.

The way emotions go
and with decisions in tow,
it's easy for ambitions to become low.

Weak heads flounder, lost in a sea of wants and needs.
As time drains, so to do the elements of so many dreams,
and the pains just seem part of the deal.

In aspiring to these glittering goals before us,
gurding loins only strive so far
- everyone sweats, bleeds and cries

but only the minority succeed.