Foiled fame

For every successful man
There are ten who didn't make it

#justsayin

Living on as small town heroes
With long lived stories
Of their run ins with
The famous
And anecdotes of how
They almost made it

So difficult to be faced with
The disappointment
The disillusionment
The constant going back to
What they missed
What they could have been

To see
The nakedness of
Foiled fame
In their eyes

To hear them talk of
The moment they were
About to make it big
(Or thought so)

Such an arduous hour,
For me

Such an arduous,
Post climatic,
Underwhelming old age
For them