Not so great

You already achieved so much, Alex.

Educated under the tutelage of your uncle,

Always understanding the task at hand,

Formulating tactics and adapting to all,

Exploiting everything coming into your sight,

You caught them off guard, Alex, and negated any numerical advantages they might have had.

So early you proved your worth,

Always from the front,

Boldly leading with speed and precision.

Even at such a young age,

Alex, you already achieved so much.

Being a genius, you won everything,

Being insatiably ambitious, you wanted more.

You established your massive empire

And history was changed forever.

When your exuberant drinking habits disrupted your peace,

Frustration grew into exasperation,

Then anger took its course.

Your best friend’s mockeries, his subtle barbs,

This led to your immense regret

When your impulsive spear impaled his body.

Hear me,

You already achieved so much, Alex.

Having lived a full life.

In the city along the lower river,

When you took your last breath,

still young of an age,

When some febrile illness possessed your body.

You were a deadly force, Alex

In 340 BC,

You were a skilled murderer,

The great Macedonian King

So please explain

Why did you come back recently

Wasn’t that enough

All the conquering,

The never-ending violence?

Why did you walk in broad daylight

Into the Mall

Like a mad dynast

Carrying a most contemporary weapon

Something cold and new to hold in your soft computer hands

Repeating the same unbeatable game of execution,

Aiming at innocent and unlucky souls in search of various materials for pleasure

Falling down twenty-first-century style

This time

With modern speed and precision

Alex, please tell me why,

You had already achieved so much.