Ambition

A quest born from a great desire deep within.
A hunger much stronger than any edible whim.
It touches everyone even if it isn’t always acknowledged.
The pursuit or lack of pursuit of this powerful urge can change one’s life forever.

It can serve as empowerment to its holder.
The existence of a goal lights a fire in the soul.
This fire drives may to heights unimaginable for many.
The feeling of finally quenching the thirst for achievement is the most satisfying there is.

This blade however, is double edged.
Falling to Earth when reaching for the stars has broken many a man.
Some are haunted by their failure every day until their very last.
This pain becomes a cannibalistic entity, eating away at the person until there is nothing left.

Worse than this, is the regret born from not pursuing the feeling at all.
What could’ve been, those who don’t try know not.
With this burden bearing on their minds, those who fail to try are doomed to mediocrity.
This mediocrity births everlasting regret which in turn births never-ending misery.

These possibilities are the paths of ambition.