Tantalus by Paarth Agarwal

I see it plain, within my sight,

I reach ahead, grasping

For another try.

Yet, I can’t

Feel it.

Yet, I can’t

Ever achieve it.

For every step forward,

A larger step back.

For every moment passed,

A decade spent suffering.

For every new learning,

Countless are forgotten.

For every single thought of hope

Infinite ones doubting.

I am irate.

Fuming, tearing at my hair.

Screaming silently, hoping

To make my way

Back to the life I had never known.

Death would be kinder

Than the life of

Tantalus,

Reaching,

Evermore.