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[Achebe]

Did my three reviews, so I suppose it is time I posted something. This is something I just wrote. Love any feedback, thanks. =)

He was certain
his steps
led the way
but his pride
was leading
him astray

To God
he thought
he was going
but his ego
took him the
opposite way

There are no natural pauses in the sentences that you have constructed. This causes two issues:
1. It reads like prose if the reader does not pause at each line end
2. It reads like arbitrary staccato if he does.
Most short-line poems that I can recall have 4-5 syllables in their lines, because below that number it becomes hard to not sound staccato.
But if you insist on 2-4 syllables, you need to avoid having a string of 3-syllabled lines in sequence.