Second Best

I am second best at everything

I am always after one

I put my all in everything

But the thing I lost was fun

I came second place to someone

In everything I do

I work so hard to get straight A's

But it's one point less than you

I am measured to everyone around

In all that I know how

I could name a thousands things

That would reach from here to clouds

I may score high in mathematics

But it's lower than you got

I work hard in everything I do

I'd go until my heart stops

I write an essay in a class

A thousand and one lines

But then I look at what you've wrote

It's twice as long as mine

I find the answers in the problem

I write down every step

The moment I am getting near

I see you, and I'm not even close yet

If only someone could tell me

Good job, great, or yes!

Maybe then, I'd find the hope

In being second best…