I Can Only Shine When I'm Set Ablaze

I Can Only Shine When I’m Set Ablaze


Life was a strangely spiceless game
Till I came across the fame and name
The badge on my shoulder did shine
And I was proud as it was mine

Maintaining its honour I took responsibility
To prove to my small world my ability
With a metal piece I gained so much
That so many lives at once I could touch

Eyes with awe looked up to me
That I felt like the tallest tree
I had to be nice and fair
That was why I was there

Some felt jealous as I was good
As they desired the post where I stood
They tried their best to pull me down
And often at my successes did they frown

Till one day that wasn’t mine
Nothing turned out to be fine
I was pulled down with an unknown force
Feeling my downfall dangerously close

To all I seemed against the law
On Friday the 13th I felt the devouring jaw
Proving the myth right as it did
I felt the turbulence standing amid

Trying to figure out what went wrong
And facing an angry and disturbed throng
I felt the pin that attached the metal piece to me
And today I saw beyond what eyes could see

I saw my friends and the foes
In whose company everyone grows
As I stood there all surprised
One important lesson I realized

Life long friends as once they did seem
Stayed off my side absolutely clean
They who once blocked my way
Were by my side that dreaded day

I recovered soon from my shock
And my sinking ship did touch the dock
Much from this experience I did learn
And moved on as there was more to earn

Since that day I’ve thought time and again
What was the thing that from it I would gain
While on the pastures of experience I graze
I can only shine when I’m set ablaze.