The high flight of my ego - Pride comes before the fall

The high flight of my ego

(0211120913-0927,2005131526-1540)

My ego took me

on a trip.

Before I knew it

I was on a steep and high flight.

Now I was someone better.

Now I was able to do more things.

Now I was popular.

Now I did not need

to depend on many things.

Now I have selected different friends.

Now I can afford many things.

But what came after that?

After the success

came the disappointment,

for that feeling

does not last.

In all of my arrogance

I made some major mistakes

and had a hard landing on my nose.

Everyone who goes up high

at some point comes down deep.

For me the fall

was a free fall.

My pride and ego were broken,

my joy was gone,

and there was no one

who now stood by my side,

no advice that would have been helpful.

I had lost my face,

became unbelievable,

and lost all

that I had accumulated.

If I would have thought earlier about

where my high flight was going to lead me,

and what kind of a landing I could have,

then it would have not come to this point

and I would have stayed more humble.

Now I have to learn humility

in a very painful way.

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