Now Serving Number 5,836

One day I’ll be closer
But not today it seems
One day I’ll be better
Maybe just in my dreams

One day I won’t be the sideshow
A distraction pacing the shore or
The fighter at the end
Sent back empty to his corner

One day I’ll be the sun
In someone else’s eye
One day I’ll be the horse
That doesn’t get passed by

One day I won’t just be a number –
A third, a fourth, a seventy-five
Who came in second
For the eight thousandth time

One day they’ll regret,
Just like the rest,
They didn’t take the chance
After a glance
To make me their best