My Defeat

Blinding blissful ignorance
My own stupidity
I didn't see it coming
It snuck right up on me

I should have seen it long ago
But something blinded me
A curtain covering my eyes,
Simply couldn't see

It took me wholly unawares
With no time to prepare
So hard and fast was its attack
I fell right then and there

I never even saw the beast
That finally got me
I am no more, my fight is lost
I looked but did not see


 Never lose sight of the bigger
 picture, you may have been
 better, stronger, faster, or
 smarter than all your obstacles
 so far, but you never know what
 lurks around the corner. Do not
 dwell in self-admiration, or in
 self-pity. Live for the present
 and the now, not the has been
 or may be. But most importantly,
 live.