Hollow

Can I take the lead
Into the hollows
No more to give
Nothing to borrow
I have the best friends with the brightest tomorrows
Feeling so empty, empty and hollow

Started in ninth grade
Where jealousy breeds
Focused on who’s better than me
Here to decapitate anyone that’s ahead of me

Cooler than me, smarter than me
Immature feelings a part of me
Thinking that this is what’s best for me
Valedictorian or there’s nothing left for me
Put my soul into school as it’s meant to be
The reflection of my diploma, there’s nothing left of me

Need better grades, I wish I could sleep
Need to be a role model, a rep I have to keep
I get so nervous around people with confidence
Glaring in envy but starstruck in astonishment
Searching for purpose but I’m lacking in common sense
My days are numbered the feeling is ominous
That I’ll leave the world as another anonymous

I took the lead
Into tomorrow
I gave into greed
Selfish from sorrow
Truth is I’m done
The lessons I followed