Inrava Khasnabish

The Elevator is Broken

There is no elevator to success, because it is broken, so you have to take the stairs, one step at a time.

One by one you climb up the steps,
Because the elevator is broken.

You want success, to reach the top.
But the elevator is broken.

You work too hard to reach the top,
But the elevator is still broken.

Your time is coming to an end,
And the elevator is still broken.

You work so hard all your life,
And the elevator is still broken.

One day, you stop trying,

Stop wanting,

Stop needing,

You have reached the top,
Now the elevator is fixed.

It

             Is

                          No

                                       Longer

                                                       Broken.

Your elevator to success is no longer broken,
Now your stairs are.





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