Like a Greek tragedy

You broke

Everything falling apart

Like Odysseus 

You think your through

And yet your journey continues

Like Atlas

You feel the world on your shoulders

Sure you’re going to break

And yet you keep standing 

Like Oedipus

Causing disaster 

And ruin

Following a fate already foretold

Like Achilles 

Blind to your shortcomings

Arrogant and chilling

Like Heracles

You mind will shatter

And the pieces will be lost

You will go mad

Like Bellerophon 

You will slay monsters

But there will always be more

Like Greek heroes 

You are flawed

Like a tragedy 

You will lose everything 

And like a hero

You are chosen for a path

And all you can do is watch

As others make your choices

Heroes are never happy.

Heroes are broken 

And angry.

They are sad and lost.

So when you said you wanted

To be a hero

When you said you wanted

To save people 

When you said you wanted 

To slay the monsters

Are you prepared to lose everything 

To realize in the end,

Your work was nothing.

That the only thing that mattered 

Was how you failed.