Re-emerge.

      You are there. You can see it. Shining in all its glory. You can feel it make your blood hot. It has mocked you, making you want it even more. Now you stand just a step away. One strong leap and you own the world. 

     We all have this one thing we want. It may be love, an approval, a job, a possession even. And we fight for it, barring all obstacles. Day and night. Toiling, slogging, trudging, plodding. It is almost routine. And BOOM! You have it. You forget about all that you sacrificed. All the suffering you endured. But what after that? What after the championship is yours?

     After that there is a void that is so hard to fill. The day and night laboring is forgotten. You actually miss the toiling. You start questioning if you are worthy enough of what you got. And this, people, is the final obstacle. The most dangerous one because it has a saintly aura about it. Renouncing joy and conquest. It haunts because it feels so right. So just. 

     I am not saying that you don't enjoy the prize you work so hard to achieve, but there is something constantly nagging at you. Masticating on your rightful reward. Making you battle your befitting success. Taxing to burn you to the ground. 

     When you beat this unremittence, you become the Phoenix. Re-emerging from ashes.