Gatsby's Cowardice

Always seeking the ideal
the green light
the legacy that came with it
the girl

Always surrounding himself
in parties
in crowded adoration
in the middle of it all

Always in the past
reliving a memory
reliving childhood
reliving nothing at all

Always a single path
it had to be accepted
it had to fit in with what they all wanted

It had very little to do with his own true heart.