Cruel Fate The cruelest fate We can easily relate Undeserved Yet often - Reserved For the ‘Very-Good’ - Not the ‘Great’ Foul or faretheewell We dwell Obscured And insecured By others - Who excel For second place In any race Is ‘Star-Crossed’ Soon to memory lost Without a trace So few can claim Zenith of the ‘Game’ The ghost Of ‘Almost’ Is rarely fame Yet strive - We still By sheer will ‘Sisyphus’ Is forever ‘Us’ Pushing that rock - Up the hill!
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