Going as I am,
I am so scared. 

Scared of falling off this never-ending road,
Scared of taking the wrong exit,
The wrong inner road, the wrong detour,
Even the wrong car. 

So many have put their faith into me,
To my success, my future. 
And I let them. 

I took on their hope, their guilt,
Because I owe them. 

They nurtured me, 
Took me in my raw, weak state,
And gave me life with a purpose.  

Thanks is not enough, even if they tell me otherwise. 
But I'm so scared of failure,
Of losing the light ahead of me.

The more I ascend, the farther I can fall. 
Yet understanding all this, I can only go on,
Scared.