Control

I have failed —
By any standards of the people
And all of the world

I have failed to achieve
The successes I sought
Fortune, fame
Specialness and name

I failed, because I believed —
That there was success

Fuck it
That’s not true

All I sought was —
Control

And there isn’t control
Not the mind
Not in the world

I could never get it
For I never was
The author

Countless voices
Drowned me —
Yet I screamed
Thinking I’d be heard

And answered