Success!

‘I have arrived’ said I to myself With a deep sense of success and achievement Powerful, infallible and omnipotent The ego bubble nearly bursting at its seams There I was resting on my laurels and fame The hunger for future conquests still beckoning The world at my command so to say I had Throwing tantrums with the power of the name As a tiny thought crosses my mind I wonder Is this all worth it that I’ve gained Forgotten have I to enjoy the small things in life That gleeful laugh, that childish grin Would have been happier surely Repented now at the temptation of the ladder Had I risen or fallen, success was inconsequential Had I forgotten to live a life I was happier with Or did I gain everything but lose my soul