Greatness

People all want it Not many have achieved it Many have failed Because their goal was too high I am only a word Too much weight put upon my shoulders If only they'd listen I'd tell them what others have found out Once you achieve greatness their is nothing left to do No more accolades, no more achievements Nothing in life left worth living If only they'd listen I'd tell them to stop trying Greatness is not in the accomplishment Of some man climbing Everest Or a soldier saving a man from battle Greatness is the everyday struggle For the blind to cross a street Or the lame to try and walk For the lonely person to get out of bed to keep trying, that is the rub Greatness is in everyone of us Keep trying young folk, for when you get older it will be too late for you to realize how great you really are