I Don't Want to be a Ruler

 I don't want to be a ruler,
A tool made for others to use.
I want to be more than a measure
Of the routes that people will choose.

I'm destined to do more than simply
Inching my way up the line.
I feel that success will be granted
By watching the passage of time.

I have no way of knowing how long
My words and phrases will last.
I don't know how one can tell
When the end of the line has past

But there is one thing of which I am certain,
Something of which I don't doubt.
I don't want to be a ruler,
Something that's just used for clout.