The higher you go

The harder you fall

In spite of it all

Unable to call upon

The ones you trusted

To catch your mistake

But instead chose to take

Your life on a stake

For the pride that they ride

Unable to hide

From the higher powers

That threw you away

To start over, bolder

Newer yet older

Closed the curtain on you

The highest of all

To watch you fall

Into the garbage of yesterday’s waste