Tantalus

beauty at my grasp, above me is her 

intelligence below my feet, erudition I seek  

I try to be like her but she moves further 

I try to learn but I’m somehow mistaken 

ah how it feels to be tantalized 

by the experiences I never experienced 

thankfully I don’t have to bear much 

thankfully I see life how it could of been 

I do not suffer 

I love