What Is Success

What is Success Is it being selfless Even during moments of duress Where I don’t try to impress Or those times where I don’t make a mess Which is often I confess For wisdom I don’t profess These thoughts coalesce In my mind like a fortress Sometimes seemingly useless Difficult to access During moments of stress Or worry in excess Do they reveal my lack of classiness Or skills at chess Over which I obsess Is it about the way I dress Or a life lacking fullness Without much to bless Shame arrives during idleness or After periods where I am win less It is these I try to suppress My parents believe I am aimless But still show their fondness And support with kindness My life at times senseless Revealing all this is just a guess So I egress Andreas Simic©