Name of The Game

It’s funny to think.

When the blur slows down
When you can stop and see
How far you are now
From where you thought

Striving so desperately to achieve
To be the best of the best

That is the name of the game.

Life-fulfillment advertised everywhere
A product of worldly success

It’s been laid out
Do it right – work hard

Never be mediocre.

Meet the requirements.
Make the cut.

You didn’t choose to play
But you know you can’t lose.

How little sense it makes
Lifetimes spent entirely
Chasing thin sheets of paper

And it’s funny.

What was so potentially simple
Now’s so unintentionally complicated

But things are moving too fast
Too late to change directions

It’s the name of the game.