Clocks tick-

Time lost

Strokes abrupt

Arms spin-

No progress is made

 

Always wanting, never winning-

Enduring all the pain 

Rehearsing hours 

Sacrifices given-

Tears shed 

No progress is made 

 

Struggle never sufficient

Position never solidified

Times never fast enough-

Body aches in aspiration 

No progress is made

 

Success through others, never alone 

Records, brick walls forever standing

Time, consumed and abused, wasted and forever gone

No progress is made