Is it too late to realize?

Little by little as the time passes,

I live in the present finding causes,

For the blunders of the past,

Excuses that I projected to escape,

Mistakes that I made to evade,

A situation that was well controllable,

A moment that could be rememberable,

Alas! Scared I was to face,

The truth embedded in the race,

To excel than the next one,

To better than the kin of my own,

In search of others' appreciation,

I lost my own recognition,

Not the one I was two decades ago,

I am now someone they want me to be,

Days pass, Seasons pass, Years pass,

But stuck in one phase will I always be

For I didn't become what I was made to.

I am no better than a lifeless effigy

With no choice of creating an existence.

#NaPoWriMo #poetry #seasons