The Road that Stops

My enemy. I try to beat you but I can't. I can't master your techniques. My white whale, I can't ensnare you. I just watch and stare as you fly away. My inspiration, I plan to be like you. Strive to be like you, yet fall short each times. I have seen how you help others speak their thoughts. Hughes' Let America be America Again. Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Frost's The Road Not Taken. My words beg to be like theirs but fall short. My thoughts swirl, trying to craft themselves into lyrics, failing miserably. I am just another wannabe, watching real poets with dreamy eyes, hoping to one day soar with them.