Friday, June 27, 2025

The Competitor

There is always at least one

In every group who runs the gamut,

Must be better than the rest,

Must be proved to be the best.

 

Surely, nothing could be wrong with

A bit of healthy competition.

Run the race with pumped profusion,

Guts and guile and vile collusion.

 

Weep not for the also-rans

Who could not seem to measure up.

Let them muddle in defeat

And grovel at the victor’s feet.

 

No one strives for second- best

Or settles to be in the pack.

All who enter long to see

And hear the praise of victory.

 

In the end, the final truth,

The final measure of success

Is not who plays to win the game,

But he who gives his very best.

 


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